It's a {not so} Simple Life [JB FanFic] ♥

[Zanessa Fan1]

rated pg-13

It's a {NOT SO} Simple Life ♥

Charecters:
Joe Jonas
Nick Jonas
Kevin Jonas
Kristin Davis (http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee222/so_kristin/willahh.png)[krrristin]
Alexa (Lex) Fisher (http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n299/mileyroxmysox94/normal_040.jpg)[Cheerleader111]
Kate Wright (http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n299/mileyroxmysox94/normal_portraityear002.jpg)[moi]
Allison Davidson (http://www.thedragonflyinn.org/gallery/displayimage.php?album=775&pos=3)[ (http://www.thedragonflyinn.org/gallery/displayimage.php?album=775&pos=3)YouKnowYouLoveMe]


Chapters:
introduction (http://www.mymostwanted.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2081877&postcount=4)
chapter 1 (http://www.mymostwanted.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2082010&postcount=9)
chapter 2 (http://www.mymostwanted.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2082634&postcount=13)
chapter 3 (http://www.mymostwanted.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2083640&postcount=18)
chapter 4 (http://www.mymostwanted.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2086582&postcount=26)
chapter 5 (http://www.mymostwanted.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2087032&postcount=34)
chapter 6 (http://www.mymostwanted.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2087669&postcount=41)
chapter 7 (http://www.mymostwanted.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2088611&postcount=45)
chapter 8 (http://www.mymostwanted.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2093691&postcount=49)
chapter 9 (http://www.mymostwanted.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2097946&postcount=54)
chapter 10 (http://www.mymostwanted.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2106146&postcount=59)
chapter 11 (http://www.mymostwanted.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2106159&postcount=60)
chapter 12 (http://www.mymostwanted.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2107993&postcount=63)
chapter 13 (http://www.mymostwanted.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2110271&postcount=73)
chapter 14 (http://www.mymostwanted.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2112887&postcount=78)
chapter 15 (http://www.mymostwanted.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2113525&postcount=81)
chapter 16 (http://www.mymostwanted.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2113552&postcount=86)
chapter 17 (http://www.mymostwanted.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2122968&postcount=108)
chapter 18 (http://www.mymostwanted.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2123129&postcount=116)
chapter 19 (http://www.mymostwanted.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2123214&postcount=121)
chapter 20 (http://www.mymostwanted.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2124633&postcount=136)
chapter 21 (http://www.mymostwanted.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2128469&postcount=142)
chapter 22 (http://www.mymostwanted.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2131007&postcount=149)
chapter 23 (http://www.mymostwanted.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2138003&postcount=161)
chapter 24 (http://www.mymostwanted.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2138009&postcount=162)
chapter 25 (http://www.mymostwanted.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2144094&postcount=172)
chapter 26 (http://www.mymostwanted.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2185676&postcount=191)
chapter 27 (http://www.mymostwanted.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2185679&postcount=192)

i need one more charecter. however, if you post your form, EVEN if i dont add you to the list, you MIGHT be mentioned in the fanfiction eventually that is IF i need another charecter for something. so fill out the form. <3

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ive already written the intro + the first chapter; but i need to type it.
so be patient :D

[MileyFan_4_Ever]

Oh Kate! I Can't Wait For This To Start!
I Love Your Fan Fictions! AMAZING! lol

Hmm... I Think I Shall Fill Out A Form :P
I'll Edit This When I Finish.

Username: MileyFan_4_Ever
Charecter name: Cameron "Cami" Fuller
charecter picture: http://images.tvrage.net/people/17/49367.jpg
favorite jonas?: It's Pretty Mutual, Actually...
active reader?: When I Can Be! Most Definitely =D

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

Dude post the chapter!
I am pumped!
NEW KATIE FF!
Whoo!

[Zanessa Fan1]

Introduction

Hi. My name is Kate; Kate Wright. My life tends to go by a normal schedule, each day nearly an exact replica of the previous one. Wake up, go to school, and come home. That was –until December of 2008…I would have never thought that my life would bring me this change à this excitement. When my life, and those of the lives around me, were turned upside down by this new change, we will be torn apart, and brought closer together in every way you could possibly imagine. </3

[HighSchoolMusicaaal]

Form:
Username: highschoolmusicaaal
Charecter name: michelle mckewin :]
charecter picture: http://selenaweb.org/gallery/albums/Photoshoots/Photoshoot%2009/05.jpg
favorite jonas?: doesn't matter, but nick :]
active reader?: durh.

woo! katie fanfic. =D

EDIT: AWESOME!
more. i demand it :]

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

:o nice.
I personally love the arrow.
It's a nice touch!
Ahhhh soooooooooo excited!
And this takes place in the future!
Intense Katie, very intense.

[MileyFan_4_Ever]

Well, Mufasa Must Agree With Allison On This One :)
Soo.... You Know... You Should Definitely Post More!

[Zanessa Fan1]

i need a picture for you, allisonizzle :D
lex shall look like demi. i know thats what she'd want. hold on, lemme add some pix for the charecters and then ill post the first chapter.

[Zanessa Fan1]

Chapter 1; Favor

[--Katie’s POV—]
I stared at the full chalkboard in front of me, the sound of the chalk squeaking fully tuned out of my ears. I daydreamed of excitement, fairytales—happy endings. I felt a tap on my shoulder and snapped out of it. It was now that I noticed the teacher’s voice, “Ms. Wright” she repeated. I turned my gaze to meet her’s, she was standing only inches away from the front of my desk. She smiled sarcastically, “so nice of you to join us, Kate. Now, the principal would like to see you in his office immediately” the class began to murmur things behind my back and I stood up, slinging my bag over my shoulder. I looked at Lex and Allison, sitting quietly behind me, and shrugged. Allison smiled and Lex motioned for me to leave. I nodded and stepped cautiously out the door in the direction of the principal’s office. I walked in and gently pulled the door closed again behind me. MY dad smiled at me, “Dad—honestly, next time just come and get me from my class if your taking me out early—don’t get the principal to call me down to his office” my dad shrugged at my comment and changed the subject almost
immediately, “Hunny, I have a meeting with the board in a bit, and I thought we could go out for lunch first” he mumbled the last part. I glowered at him, astonished and confused. He smirked, sheepishly, “I need a favor, hun…But we’ll discuss that at lunch”
- - - - - - - - -

I took a final sip of my milkshake, “There. We’ve OFFICIALLY had our lunch and finished, now would you mind telling me what exactly this favor is?” I demanded.
He sighed, “my new client’s son Is your age, and his parents are coming over tonight to have dinner with your mother and I, and his brothers have plans, so I was hoping maybe you wouldn’t mind showing him around town or entertaining him in some way? He’s new here and doesn’t really have anywhere else to go…” he finished, pleading to me. I looked into his pleading eyes for a moment and sighed, “Fine! Ill do it!” He smiled, “thank you hunny”
- - - - - - - - -

My dad eyed my appearance hesitantly, “you’re sure this is what you have to wear?” he questioned me.
I frowned and looked down at myself. I had only light blue jeans that clung to my down to my ankles, in a skinny fashion. My blouse was light, white, and breast, hanging over a light pink tank top I had on underneath it. I nodded slowly at my dad, “uh—yeah”
He shrugged as the door bell fang. I rolled my eyes and sighed, “Let’s get this over with” I mumbled. My dad frowned at my comment before opening the front door. A man and women stepped inside, greeting my father and I kindly, followed by a young teenaged boy, seeming to be about my age. I stood there, stunned slightly. He. Was. Gorgeous. His dark hair hung straight, his eyes piercing me. He walked over to me as our parents excited into the dining room, “Hey. You must be Kate” He grinned and I smiled whole-heartedly.
“That’s me” He grinned again, “I’m Joe…thanks for agreeing to do this” he said, obviously aware that this was pretty much the last thing I wanted to do with my Friday night. I shrugged it off, “my pleasure” I said, courteously. I smiled and walked past him, and out the door. He was close at my heals and soon next to me. I looked at him, “so, I’m supposed to show you around, but there really isn’t anything to show you…it’s pretty much just boring and normal” I shrugged. Joe looked at me, “Normal, huh? I wouldn’t really know what that’s like…” he muttered. I tilted my head to the side as If I didn’t follow his logic. He laughed, “Cut the act. I don’t want to be full of myself or anything, so don’t think I am, but—“I cut him off before he could finish the sentence, “BUT…I know who you are” I joked, nodding along, “So Joe Jonas—are you ready for the biggest night of normal you’ve had in YEARS?” I joked. He laughed, “Most defiantly”
I grinned and lead him down the sidewalk with me, “So there are a million things we could do” I started, “do you have preference?” he shook his head, “Not really. But—could we stay away from the large crowds? I really DO wanna keep this night as normal as possible” I thought for a second, “Well—we could just hang out at my house, but I really don’t think you’re interested in that option” I murmured.
He grinned at me, “More than you’d think” He grabbed my hand instinctively and I pulled him along, back towards my house…
“Wow” he chuckled, looking at my old tree house, “I haven’t had one of these since I was like, I don’t even remember how old” he shook his head, starting to climb up the latter into it. I laughed faintly to myself, and followed him. I closed the door behind me, the only light being let in by the small wooden window, letting in the faint light of the sun setting outside. Joe sat down and patted the ground next to him. I smiled and sat next to him, “So why DID you move here, Joe?” I questioned. He grinned, “My dad has a new job at the church nearby, and as long as me and my brothers are somewhat close to LA, the record company really doesn’t care where we are in California. Besides, too many people were discovering where we were and coming to see us anyway. Big rob has pretty much been pushed to his limits” he grinned jokingly.
I laughed, “oh yeah?” he nodded, smirking.
I sighed, “Life must be complicated as I rock star” I sighed dramatically, obviously joking around with him.
He grinned and placed his hand on mine. I looked at him, smiling slightly. “You know something Joe—I’m actually GLAD I agreed to do this for my dad…no offence, but I really wasn’t looking forward to this” I smiled, jokingly only slightly. He laughed, “am I charity now?” He pretended to act offended. I rolled my eyes, “you know what I meant” He laughed, “I know—I know…and I’m glad you agreed to do this, too” he grinned at me.

[---Joe’s POV---]
This feeling I had in the pit of my stomach was strange and unfamiliar. All I knew was that her touch felt right. I tend to be the kind of guy who speaks his mind, and says how he feels, but I couldn’t find the words to describe what and how I was feeling at this particular moment. I could really only think of one way to tell her. I intertwined my fingers with hers and slowly leaned towards her. My hands locked tightly in her hair as I kissed her. I felt a warm comfort inside of my as I felt her kissing me back, hitching her arms securely around my neck.

[HannahMontanaismyhero]

Username: Hannahmontanaismyhero-Vicky
Charecter name: Terra Lane
charecter picture: http://hannabeth-fan.com/gallery/albums/skelanimals2008/0898df39.jpg
favorite jonas?: Kevin!
active reader?: On everyday and read when I can!

[HannahMontanaismyhero]

More!!

[MileyFan_4_Ever]

POST MOREEE!

[Zanessa Fan1]

Chapter 2; gotta find you

[---Joe’s POV---]
I ran downstairs quickly the morning after. Nick looked at me, “you have a good time last night?” he asked me, eyeing my surprisingly up-beat expression. I nodded, “yeah—you guys should have come rather than stay here and pretend to have other plans” I changed my mind, “on the other hand, no. I’m glad you didn’t come” Nick rolled his eyes, “well maybe you could introduce me later, to your…” he eyed me again and grinned, “friend” he paused, laughing one more time before continuing, “I just finished eating. I’m free now actually” he grinned and I rolled my eyes, “actually id rather be alone with her for now, but maybe later nick” I hit his arm supportively, before running out the door, closing it tightly behind me. I stared down the street towards her house. Desperate? No. Excited? Maybe. Anxious? Defiantly. All of these houses look the same; I needed to figure out which was her’s. My dad would probably know, but he wasn’t up yet and I really didn’t feel like waiting to figure it out. I walked down the street impatiently, looking back and forth on each side of the street. These stupid California subs. Every house was nearly an exact clone of the ones on either side of it, with the exception of the flowers the people who owned the house had chosen to [or not to] put outside to decorate it. I was beginning to loose my patience, it was turning into—not so much wanting to find her because I wanted to talk to her—but so that I could just stop looking! I stopped in my tracks, just about ready to give up at the end of the street. I heard a quiet laughter behind me, “Hey Stranger”
I spun around on my heels to see her sitting there, on the steps leading up to her front-porch. I grinned and sat down next to her, “Hey. Just the girl I was looking for” I smiled, flirtatiously.
She returned my smile, “Really? And why’s that…?” She played along. I lifted the corner of my mouth into a sideways smile, smirking childishly. I couldn’t seem to be able to come up with a funny comment to make, so I dropped our joke and went back to what I seriously had come to say, “ I just wanted to thank you again for last night. It was very nice of you to give up your free time to show me around…your tree house, even if we didn’t go anywhere else” I joked. She smiled, “no problem, really” She looked over my shoulder, “your brothers coming” I looked where she was to see that Nick was, indeed, walking over to us. Apparently he DIDN’T get my hint earlier. He stood, seeming oddly tall because I was sitting, and smiled at Kate. “Hi. I’m Nick…Joe’s brother” he grinned and I glared at him from behind her back. She stood up and shook his hand gently, “nice to meet you, um—I’m Kate. Joe’s …” she paused, “your new neighbor” she changed her sentence. Nick nodded, and I stood up now since I had been the only one still sitting. Nick smiled at me and looked back at Kate, “so—you seem to have had quite the impression, Joe hasn’t stopped smiling since he got back home” he purposely gave out the information he knew I wouldn’t want people knowing. I glared again, and just blushed when she looked at me. I looked the other way, but out of the corner of my eye, I swear, she was blushing too.

[---Nick’s POV---]
Kate seemed nice. Very pretty, that’s for sure. But Joe had already called her, basically, even if he hadn’t called her out loud. I could see it in his eyes, heck—I could see it in HER eyes! They both knew, just neither one would admit it. Joe always got the girl, that’s the thing that sucks the most about being the youngest in the band; the older brothers tend to get more of the girls, because since their older, a more wide scale of ages of girls adored them. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining! I am the luckiest person on earth and extremely grateful for it—it’s just sometimes I get tired of Joe stealing my thunder when it comes to girls. I smiled at Kate even though she was now busy talking to Joe. I examined her. She was about my height, deep and rich brown hair contrasting with her eyes. Her skinny jeans represented her style, and her sunglasses showed that she stuck out from the crowd. I liked it, and I smiled to myself. Just then I heard an unfamiliar voice from behind me followed by a quiet squeal. I spun around to see another girl, light brown hair, walking towards us, “KATE! I need to talk to you. Now.” She said, urgently. Kate laughed, “Lex—cut the act, they pretty much know were fans. Um, sorry” she realized we hadn’t been introduced and immediately did, “Lex, this is Nick and Joe—my new neighbors, you guys—this is my all-time BEST friend, Lex” She smiled, finishing and I nodded at Lex, “nice to meet you” Joe shook her hand, and I stared fascinated still at Kate. Joe must have noticed because when I turned to look at him, he was glaring at me. The phrase ‘if looks could kill’ swept across my mind and I looked the other direction. I shrugged, it’s not like I was stealing her. I just met her anyway. I looked at her friend again, smiling at her. Her eyes widened slightly, a bit over-taken by the introduction, and I grinned supportively.

[---Kate’s POV---]
Joe smiled at me as Nick and Lex walked down the sidewalk. It wasn’t hard for me to get Lex to recommend the walk to nick; all I had to do was send her our signal. We had a series of signals worked out for these types of situations, in case either of us DID or DIDN’T want to be alone with a person. 17 years gives you a lot of time to make up these things. I looked at Joe and grinned, “Um—do you want to come inside?” I asked. He shrugged, “yeah, sure”
I opened the door for him, leading him directly down into my basement with me, as to avoid my parents.
I sat down on the opposite side of the couch from him, “so…” I said. It stayed quiet and I laughed faintly, “awkward silence” I murmured out loud. He laughed and looked at me, “oh yeah—it’s me. I’m full of things to say to make the room go silent. It always happens around me” he joked. I laughed I rolled my eyes, jokingly. I sighed and leaned my head back on the couch, “This is what I was talking about. My Life being boring, I mean. See this? I don’t even have interesting things to talk about. My specialty is basically boring people out of their minds” I said, only semi-joking, “how am I doing?” I questioned. He shook his head, “still in my mind, and not even the slightest bit bored, actually. I think you may underestimate yourself”
I shrugged, “ehh”
He looked at the clock, “I should go. We have a meeting with our manager in twenty minutes” he said, standing up. I stood up too, “ohh, okay then. Well I guess ill see you around, neighbor” I said, once again, awkwardly. He grinned flirtatiously at me now, and took a step towards me, “well MAYBE ill see you tonight at seven? That is…if the silence isn’t too uncomfortably awkward for you” he ended with a joke. I grinned, “I’ll be there” He shot me one last perfect smile, before heading up the stairs, and leaving my house. I grabbed my phone, wanting so badly to call Lex, but that’s when I remembered—she was with nick. =O

[123_abc]

whoaaaa; this story is gnarley [:
amazingg.

[HighSchoolMusicaaal]

more more more! :]

[Zanessa Fan1]

1 more commment and ill post :D

[eizy12306]

more[:

[Zanessa Fan1]

Chapter 3; hopeless romantic
[---Joe’s POV---]
I knocked on her front door cautiously, looking in the window to quickly fix my hair. I stood up straight, smiling slightly as I waited. The door swung open and her father smiled at me, “Hello, Joseph. Nice to see you again” he said courteously. I nodded, choosing not to tell him NOW to call me Joe. I heard rapid footsteps on the stairs, and Kate appeared next to her father, “Hi” she said quietly to me. She looked at her dad, “Kay bye dad” she quickly came outside, closing the door behind her, “PLEASE say he didn’t tell you anything embarrassing about me…he tends to do that a lot” she didn’t seem to be kidding.
I smiled, jokingly, “like…what?” I joked with her and she rolled her eyes, “ill take that as a no” she assumed, I nodded agreeing with her. I took her hand in mine; swinging our arms simultaneously in-between us as we walked down the small sidewalk beside the road. She stopped walking once we had walked a few blocks, and I looked at the sky. Perfect timingà the sun was setting. The sky was a perfect blend of colors, like a painted canvas. I looked down at her now and she grinned, “You know, Joe—this is kind of romantic” she joked.
I smiled and bit my lip, “really? I hadn’t noticed” I commented, obvious sarcasm showing in my voice.
“Well you know,” she paused, “I’m the kind of hopeless romantic that dreams about things like this” she said, honestly. I smiled and used my free hand that wasn’t holding hers, to move a hair behind her ear. I stroked her cheek gently with the back of my hand. She pushed up on her tip toes to reach me, and this time—SHE kissed ME. I kissed her passionately, my heart beat increasing. She separated and went back down on flat feet, smiling at me. I turned and began walking again, swinging our hands again in-between us.
“So let me ask you something, Kate” I started. She looked at me, waiting and I continued, “What do you do in your free time? I mean…I know you claim you’re boring, but I don’t by that for one second—so be honest”
She sighed, “Well—sometimes I have to help my mom with her job” she paused because I looked at her, curiously. She smiled, “my mom works as an executive producer for Paramount Pictures” she explained. I gaped at her, “how is that even the slightest bit boring?” the shock showed in my voice. She just laughed and continued, “But mostly my mom isn’t home a lot—always busy with her work. So basically, I spend time doing the theatre programs at school and stuff, but when nothings going on with that, I just hang out with Lex and my other friend Allison” she finished. I nodded slowly, processing what she had said, “Not boring” I commented, laughing. She shrugged.

[---Kate’s POV---]
I sat down on the merry-go-round at the park we had arrived at. Joe spun it quickly and jumped on next to me. I squealed at the surprise of the speed his spin had sent this merry-go-round around and around again. I gripped his hand and the pole in the center of the merry-go-round so I wouldn’t fly off. I screamed slightly, “I’m gunna fall off! Joe!” I laughed, trying my best to stay on the merry-go-round. I heard him laugh and looked at him, “not funny! If I fly off here I’m gunna die!” my exaggeration was obvious and he just laughed again, “No…don’t be ridiculous. Besides, ill protect you.” He grinned, and I noticed the merry-go-round starting to slow. I managed to get back into the center of it, next to him. It was now that it was nearly to a stop, that I realized just how close he was to me. He was all I could hear, smell, see, and feel for a moments time that felt like a lifetime. I looked in his eyes for a moment, the intensity of the situation obvious to both of us. The corner’s of his mouth pulled up into a full-spread smile as he put an arm around my shoulder and kissed my lips gently. I leaned my head on his shoulder and he wrapped both of his arms around me now, holding me close to him. I felt my eyes close slowly from the warmth of his touch. I heard his faint singing, quietly in my ear as the merry-go-round sat still, “♪ every time I think I’m closer to the heart, of what it means to know just who I am, I think I’ve finally found a better place to start, but no one ever seems to understand, I need to try to get where you are, could it be—your not that far? You’re the voice I hear inside my head, the reason that I’m singing, I need to find you, I gotta find you, you’re the missing piece I need, the song inside of me, I need to find you, I gotta find you…♪” I opened my eyes now, staring at the sky above me, now pitch black, only the light of the nearby streetlight, and the stars above us. I felt a chill go down my spine and shivered for a minute. California was having a record cold December so far, in the low 60s. Granted, that wasn’t that bad considering it was night-time in the winter, but for us, it was cold. Especially when your as dumb as me, and didn’t wear a jacket. He looked at me, “you cold?” he questioned. I didn’t want him to take me home, so I shook my head—denying it. He smirked jokingly as I shivered again, I couldn’t help it. He un-wrapped his arms from around me and shrugged out of his light leather jacket, handing it to me. He smiled and nodded at me to go ahead. I put it on gently, scrunching up the ends of the sleeves to make my hands free. He put his arms around me again, grinning and kissed the top of my head, supportively. The smell of this jacket overwhelmed me—but in a good way. I was suddly taking everything about him and putting it securely in my memory. I listened to the sound of his voice, captured his perfect smile, and absorbed the perfect smell. It was as if I could take all of these things, and pull them out when I was having a bad day JUST to make it better. I met him 24 hours ago, and yet it felt like id known him for a lifetime. He looked at his watch, “I should be getting you home…its nearly eleven, I’m not sure how pleased your dad will be if I take you back much later than this. He stood up and held a hand out to help me. I took it immediately, as we began to walk back in the direction of my house. We arrived on my front porch and I began to shrug out of his jacket to give it back to him. He stopped me, “no no no… Keep it. I have plenty of jackets, and maybe now you’ll remember to wear one and wont freeze yourself to death every time you go outside at night” he joked. I smiled, “thanks” He merely nodded and leaned towards me, kissing me for a moment, before pulling away and letting go of my hand, “ill see you in the morning. Sleep well” he ran a hand through my hair and spun around, before I could even say anything, and disappeared into the darkness.

[PursePrincess4eva]

I <3ed it katie :]

[Cheerleader111]

OHMYGOD! I LOVE THIS!
katie, i have truly missed your fanfics :P

[Zanessa Fan1]

haha thanks guys. ill post the next chapter after lex posts ;)

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

ahh reading now,
lots to catch up on,
I shall comment when i have read =]
well i could comment now I suppose...
MORE!
hahaha

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

awww Katie I loved the chapters!
You must write more, well I guess I should say post.
Lex takes tooo long......post!

[Zanessa Fan1]

no no no.
i swore i wasnt posting until lex did.
its a good stratagy, actually.

so i must wait until she posts.

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

-sigh-
all right,
I guess i can't read more until tomorrow.
Lex is a cruel person xD

[Zanessa Fan1]

Chapter 4; too sleepy
[---Joe’s POV---]
“Joe, hunny” I heard my mom at my door and nearly jumped out of my skin. I quickly pulled my covers over me, since I sleep in only my boxers, “mommm…ever heard of knocking?” I pressured. She ignored the question, “someone is at the door to see you” she said. I grunted and pulled my pillow over my head, “tell them to go away” I heard her walk away and could hear her faint voice at the bottom of the stairs, talking out the door to someone, “I’m sorry Kate—he’s too sleepy to get up right now, apparently”
My eyes widened and I jumped up, pulling jeans and a shirt on faster than ever and ran to the stairs, “wait! Ill be right there Kate” I disappeared back into my room, and fixed my hair quickly. I closed my door behind me to hide my un-made bed, and ran back down the stairs to where my mother and Kate were standing. I smiled at Kate and looked at my mother. I spoke under-my-breath “you could have told me WHO was at the door” I said quietly to her so Kate wouldn’t hear, “if this is a bad time I can come back later…” Kate hesitated.
I shook my head, “No, now’s fine.” I smiled and stepped outside with her, “so I see you have the jacket on” I commented, noticing the familiar jacket. She grinned, “Yeah, thanks again for that”
I grinned, “So, you have school tomorrow?” I questioned, making conversation. She nodded, sighing, “Unfortunately—yes I do.”
I looked at her, “well you aren’t going to believe what my dad decided…” I paused, “since were not on tour our recording anything at the moment, he’s making me and my brothers go to normal high school. YOUR high school.”
She stared at me, “you’re going to be killed! Mobbed!” she exclaimed. I laughed, “I know! That’s what nick said, but my dad claims people will get over it. ANYWAY, I was hoping maybe you could show me around…I have to find someone to share a locker with too, so If you know of anyone who’s not a total slob who doesn’t have a locker partner yet, let me now” I chuckled quietly. She looked at me, “I don’t. Well, I DID but she moved about a month ago. I’m a little messy though, I should warn you. But not a ‘slob’” she quoted me. I was hoping she would offer to share with me that meant even if I didn’t have any classes with her, id still see her many times throughout the day. I grinned, “Well for you, Ill put up with your mess” I joked, “thanks”
She just nodded, “do you know what classes you have yet?”
I paused; “Uh…yeah” I pulled a folded piece of paper out of my pocket and handed it to her. She studied it for a moment, “Wow” she muttered.
I rose an eyebrow and looked at her, “good wow, or bad wow?”
She laughed, “that depends on if you WANTED all your classes with me or not”
I laughed now, “seriously? All of them?” I looked over her shoulder at the piece of paper and she nodded, “Yeah.” She handed the paper back to me and I smiled to myself as I folded it again and put it back inside my pocket. I put an arm around her waist as we sat down on a nearby bench, “so I guess we’ll be seeing a lot of each other, then” I smiled and she grinned back at me, “I guess so”
“Speaking of seeing a lot of each other, I realized we moved here kind of in the middle of the year, but I just got a list of activities coming up for the school, and It said that Sadie Hawkins dance is on Friday. Is that true?” I hinted. She laughed faintly, “Yep, that’s correct” I nodded and we both fell silent.
“Do you, umm” she cleared her throat, “do you want to go…? With me I mean…don’t worry if you don’t I mean, that’s totally fine I just thought that…” I cut her off, “you don’t do this a lot, do you?” I joked and she sighed, shaking her head. I grinned, “Yeah I’d love to go with you Kate”

[---Kate’s POV---]
My heart pounded inside my chest. I HATED Sadie Hawkins. Every year I had to get up the courage to ask someone, or get up the courage to go alone. Prom will be SO much easier when I don’t have to worry about being the one to ask. But thankfully, he had said yes. This hit me all of a sudden and I was a bit taken aback. Joe freaking Jonas had said yes to go with me to a dance. And he gave me his jacket—that was pretty incredible when you think about it. He waved his hand in front of my face, “hello…?”
I looked at him, “what? Oh, sorry. I daydream a lot” I smiled and he laughed, “I noticed”
“I should warn you, I’m a terrible dancer” I joked. He grinned, “Don’t worry—ill lead” he smiled at me and I nodded, “good idea” I heard footsteps behind us and Lex came running over to me, “KATE!” she looked at Joe now, “jeeze—every time I see you now your with him” she looked at me again and I shrugged.
“Can I steal her for a second?” Lex asked, looking at Joe now. He nodded and crossed his arms, prepared to wait. I grinned at him as Lex yanked on my arm in the other direction. I looked at her and sighed, “What is SO important that you needed to interrupt me conversation with him…?”
Lex rolled her eyes, “you can talk to him in a minuteà ANYWAY, I thought you might want to know what happened when I was alone with nick for hours on end!?”
My eyes widened, “oh yeah! Sorry, I’ve been…distracted and I kind of forgot” I grinned, “So tell me!”

[---Lex’s POV---]
“Alright, so you made me take him on my own, and at first I was kind of pissed because I was like, hello? How awkward will this be? But THEN I realized that you’re my best friend and a few years older and wiser and probably knew what was best for me, so I decided what the heck? Mine as well try my best, so I DID, and long story short—it was amazing. I mean, he was so easy to talk to! It was like he could relate to everything I told him, I barely even had to explain anything to him, he just understood and finished my sentences for me! It was so amazing. AND I’ve decided I’m going to ask him to the Sadie Hawkins thingy, but I really don’t know how—so I was hoping you could give me some advice” I finished and gasped for air after rushing through my story like a long run-on sentence. She paused, catching up to where I was in my story and shrugged, “sorry—I’m no help. You should have seen me asking Joe. I was like a babbling idiot”
I rose an eyebrow at her, “what did he say!?” I demanded, excitedly, pretty much knowing the answer.
She grinned, “Well he said yes…surprisingly” I wasn’t surprised, “and we have all the same classes now, since they’re going to our school starting tomorrow. AND I’m sharing a locker with him” she finished. I rose both eyebrows now, “wow. That’s…wow” I nodded and looked over her shoulder at Joe, “you should probably get back over there. I’ll go find nick” I sighed, preparing myself. She grinned and hugged me, “good luck, love. You’ll do great. Just, don’t be nervous” She nodded and we walked in our separate directions. I saw nick sitting outside his house and slowly approached him, thinking—SCRAMBLING—in my brain to find my will to speak.

[---Joe’s POV (again) ---]
I smiled as she sat back down next to me, “what was all that about?”
She sighed, “Love stuff. She wanted to tell me about her day with Nick yesterday, and—yeah”.
I just nodded, “and?”
She smiled, “she’s going to ask him to the Sadie Hawkins dance. But don’t tell him, cause I don’t know when she’s going to do it and I don’t want you to ruin it for her” she joked. I smiled, “okay I wont” she laughed faintly and we both fell silent. Right when I was about to say something deep and meaningful that it had taken me time to come up with, I heard someone yelling her voice—but the voice was male. I rose an eyebrow, confused. “KATE!!!” I heard someone running over and Kate looked over her shoulder, she sighed, “Ian…what?” she growled, impatiently in his direction. I watched them, confusion rushing over me, but genuinely interested in the situation. The boy named Ian caught his breath from his running, and looked at her and it was now that I noticed a resemblance in his face compared to hers. I sighed of relief on the inside—her brother.
“Dad wants to talk to you” He looked at me, then my sister, and did a double take to look back at me. His face stiffened slightly, “hey” I said, uncomfortably.
We both looked at Kate who also looked awkward, “umm…okay, sorry—Joe this is my twin brother Ian” She paused, “Ian—this is my…this is Joe” she obviously still didn’t know WHAT I was to her, so she had once again changed her sentence like she had when she was introducing me to Lex. I nodded at him, “nice to meet you” He glared slightly, “yeah…same” he said, unconvincingly. Kate hit his arm, “Ian don’t be a jerk just because you’re over-protective. Tell dad ill be right there” she muttered, crossing her arms tightly.
Ian nodded, and shot me one last glance, before turning and walking back inside his house. Kate looked at me, “I’m sorry. He acts like it’s his job to keep all men away from me” she rolled her eyes, laughing quietly, “I should go see what my dad wants” she stood up again and I stood up too, “alright—well. I’ll talk to you later”
She smiled, “yeah…oh! I almost forgot” she pulled a small piece of paper out of her pocket and handed it to me, “this is my cell number. You know, in case you need to reach me for any reason” she smiled and I nodded, “thanks”
She grinned, “Bye Joe” she turned and walked into her house. My eyes followed her until she had disappeared inside and I looked at the number. I smiled to myself and put it in my pocket, walking back down the sidewalk, towards my house.

[Cheerleader111]

awww i love kate & joe
they're so cute[: & wow, you're pretty....
smooth at asking people out katie xD

OMG i had an amazing night, i am
so darnedd cool & lucky & Ooo
just post more! deal!? omg that
was soo good[:

[Zanessa Fan1]

seriously? i feel like im the worst fanfic writer on mmw. :P haha.
thanks though. :P

ill post when you do ;)

[PursePrincess4eva]

oooh.
MORE!

[eizy12306]

great chapterr. more :]

[Zanessa Fan1]

ill post after lex does ;)

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

ahhhhhhhhh i loved it

[Zanessa Fan1]

okay lex said shed post after i did.
so im gunna post now :P

[Zanessa Fan1]

Chapter 5; high school
[---Nick’s POV---]
Lex walked over to me and I smiled, “hey Lex.” I scooted over on the step I was sitting on and she sat next to me, “Hey Nick. Listen, I don’t know if you heard about it yet or not but…there’s a Sadie Hawkins dance on Friday, and um—I was hoping, well…I was wondering if maybe you wanted to go with me…?” she looked down, awkwardly. I smiled, “Yeah, sure”
She looked up at me, seeming relatively surprised, “really?” I nodded, reassuringly.
She grinned, standing up again, “Cool…um, I guess ill see you at school tomorrow?” she asked, starting to walk away, backwards, since I was still talking to her. I nodded, “Yeah. Bye” I waved and she smiled, turning around, and walking inside her house. I smiled to myself, standing up and walking inside. Joe came in a few minutes later, a large grin displayed on his face, “Hey Nick” he said, closing the door behind him, and sitting down on the couch. I laughed, “Um—hi? Why are you so smiley?” I questioned.
He grinned, “Life is good, Nick”
I nodded slowly, “um—alright. I was hoping you might be more specific but, whatever” I turned and walked towards the stairs, but he started talking again, so I stopped to look at him again. He grinned, “Well everything is good right now. I mean, Sadie Hawkins is on Friday, and someone already asked me, PLUS I have a locker-partner now…great classes” he sighed. I looked at him and rose an eyebrow, “I’m guessing this all has to do with Kate, am I right?” he nodded and I rolled my eyes, chuckling quietly to myself.
“Well congrats—dude, but your not the only one with a date for Friday” Joe rose an eyebrow, “she asked you?” He knew? Oh well, I nodded, “Yep”
The next morning…
[---Joe’s POV---]
I swung my backpack over my shoulder, an unusual feeling, considering I’m so used to now being home schooled while on set or on the road. Kevin yelled up the stairs, “NICK! FIVE MINUTES OR IM LEAVING WITHOUT YOU!” I rolled my eyes, “ill wait in the car” I walked outside to see Kate across the street, getting inside her red convertible. She looked at me and waved, getting back out, and walking over to me. I smiled and met her halfway, “you want a ride?” she offered. Let’s see, ride with fighting Kevin and Nick, or ride with attractive neighbor who I have a crush on…no competition. I grinned, “Yeah—thanks. Let me just tell Kevin I don’t need one” She nodded and started walking back over to her car, and I yelled to him through the window, before following her and getting in the car seat next to her.
She put on her sunglasses and looked in her mirror to check the traffic on the street before backing out. We arrived in the parking lot of Jefferson High School within about ten minutes. I looked at the buildings and nodded to myself, it looked like one of the high school’s you saw in the movies. See, I never went to a normal high school—so my only high school ideas come from the movie’s I have seen, and this looked just right. I followed her as she led me to her---I mean our---locker. She let me try the combination and I quickly remembered it, opening it with ease. She moved her things to the bottom shelf, so I could have the top one, and I got out what I needed for my first class. I smiled, watching her as she got out what she needed, and closed the locker. I took her hand instinctively, “I’m going to stick nearby you today—not that we really have a choice, considering our classes—but anyway, yeah. You’re the only one I know here” I explained. She grinned, “Good. I mean—yeah” she seemed to have said out loud what she meant to just think in her head, because she blushed slightly. I laughed and held her hand as we walked down the hallway, people all around staring at me, then her, then both of us. She sat down, “here, you can sit next to me. I don’t think Allison will mind” she nodded in the direction of the seat next to hers. I smiled and sat down next to her. A few minutes later and tall brunette walked in and gaped at me, then looked at Kate who I had been talking to, “Kate…what is going on?” she asked, jaw still dropped, “Allison” she went into a murmur assuming I couldn’t hear her, but I could hear her just enough to make something out of it and get the general idea, “he’s my new neighbor and I’m going to Sadie Hawkins with him…please, don’t be mad that he took your seat” she whispered. I smiled to myself, “please Allison” she continued, “look at him. You cannot be mad at me for wanting to sit by him, I mean come on” I held back my laughter, and just grinned. I heard Allison’s voice now, “I’m not mad—I just don’t understand…how!?” she exclaimed the last word. I jumped slightly, and leaned over towards them, “We moved here. And I met Kate. Simple story, really” I leaned back and grinned.
Allison stared at Kate and me in shock and shook her head, walking past us to the empty seat behind Kate.
The rest of the day went relatively the same, each class someone either came and talked to me, or went and talked to Kate ABOUT me. Hopefully by the time Friday came, this would be over so I could have a normal Sadie Hawkins with her.

[---Kate’s POV---]
“So, how was your first day of high school?” I joked as we got the car. He shrugged, “normal”
I nodded, “Boring?” I questioned him. He laughed and shook his head, “nope. Still not boring” I rolled my eyes, “whatever. So do you want to come over today? I can explain to you where we are in science—since there’s the midterm soon, and I don’t want you to fail since you weren’t here” I laughed quietly, mostly just hoping he would come over. He nodded, “yeah defiantly, thanks”
I smiled as I pulled out of the school parking lot, driving in the direction of my house. I parked it carefully in the driveway and walked inside the front door. Joe followed close behind me. My mom smiled at us, “hi kids. How was school?” Joe smiled courteously at my mother, “good thank you”
I quickly walked downstairs so my mother couldn’t interrupt my time with him. He followed me and sat down, “So…are we really going to study?” he looked at me, questionably. I rose an eyebrow at him, “you tell me” He smiled, “so I noticed you ran away from your mom pretty quickly. Any reason in particular you don’t want me to talk to her?”
I sighed, “so many reasons, Joe. She’s the most embarrassing mother on the planet—not to mention she has plenty of stories about me that I don’t really want you to know” I bit my lip before I said to much. He laughed, “Well now I’m going to have to hear the stories, other wise ill always think their worse than they actually are”
I shrugged, “id rather have you not know and wonder, and know and look at my differently”
He rolled his eyes, “whatever, Kate. I care about you—it would take a terrible story to change that” I muttered it under my breath, staring at the floor now. The room fell silent, until I cleared my throat.
She grabbed one of her books, “Um—right, science”

[Zanessa Fan1]

sorry its so short. i just realized how short my chapters are, but i post them frequently so i think its okay. :P

[Cheerleader111]

dangitt i said that cause i thought you
still had to think up a chapter. grr :P

oh yess, i am so amazing, i asked him
to the dance so nicely mhmm i'm genious[:
& kate has a pretty schnazzy car for a boring,
and total normal person, pshh xD nice normal day
though.
i loved that chapter! haha "right, science..."

goshh, post more katie[:
post post post

[Zanessa Fan1]

oh lex-- :P haha! dont think that. im currently typing chapter 9.
im prepared to post WHENEVER i want to. xD

im not posting more until you do though ;)
since you said last night that you were typing but never posted it. haha. xD

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

hahahaha loved the chapter!
Lex... are you serious!?!

This is why we never trust Lex when it comes to Chapter posting Katie xD

[Cheerleader111]

omg are you kidding me!?
katie, your freaking loaded with chapters
here. i think that maybe you should
just keep posting until they're all here. then...
i will post. yeah yeah yeah? deal? :P

well allison, i thought it would
take longer than five minutes for katie
to post so i was relaxing xD

[Zanessa Fan1]

no! i am not posting until you do lex!
jesus. XD you take forever. :P

[Zanessa Fan1]

Chapter 6; sadie hawkins
[---Nick’s POV---]
Joe ran over to me, “Nick! I can’t do this tie, I can’t do the tie!” his face was worried and I laughed, “chill out, Joe. You don’t need to go get Kate for another hour. Besides, I know how to tie it” Joe swallowed and handed the tie to me. I wrapped it around his neck, tying it for him and fixing it in the mirror. I nodded, “your good. Do I look okay?” Joe looked me up and down and nodded, “Yeah you look fine, me?” I checked him too and nodded. Kevin came downstairs now, already ready to go. I looked at him, “dude—who are you going with?”
He looked at me like I should have known this already, “uhm—duh, Allison asked me yesterday, remember?”
Me and Joe looked at each other, neither one of us remembering, and nodded.
I cleared my voice, “ohh…yeah, right” Kevin rolled his eyes.
Joe looked at the clock, “48 minutes until 6:40 when I can go get her…” he mumbled. I looked at him, “you’re counting the minutes now, Joe?” He sighed, “Well I’m bored now!”

[---Kate’s POV---]
“Mom, really…I can handle getting ready. Go back downstairs to open the door when he gets here” I said, frustrated with her constant help on my appearance. She sighed, “hunny I just want to make this night special for you” I cut her off, “mom…this is a dance, its not your job to make it special” as soon as she left the room I spoke under my breath continuing my sentence, “and that’s incredibly creepy” I closed my door and looked in the mirror at myself. My short gold haulter-dress went down just above my knees; with a silver shall hanging over my shoulders. I quickly moved my hair into a bun on the top of my head, before messing with my mascara to make my lashes look longer. I sighed at myself in the mirror and nodded, approvingly. This was just about as good as it was going to get. I looked at my clock. 6:38. I was finished just in time. I moved my important items from my normal purse into the small gold one I was taking with me tonight. I heard the doorbell ring and ran into the bathroom, touching up my hair and make-up, and re-spraying myself with my perfume. I heard my mom yell ‘Katharine’ up the stairs and rolled my eyes to myself. I opened the door, grabbing the purse, and walked down the stairs slowly. Joe stared up at me as I went down the stairs and I smiled, this moment would be perfect if my mom wasn’t right there. I looked at him, in his suit, and could barley blink. I had to tell myself to stop staring and fake smiled at my mom. I gritted through my teeth, “mom. Go away” She rolled her eyes and hurried into the other room and I turned back to Joe. He grinned and took a step towards me. I looked up to see his face, “you clean up well” I joked. He laughed, “thanks, not too bad yourself” He held an arm out for me, and I linked my arm with his as we left the house, walking in the direction of the school—we were walking since he didn’t have his license and my house was only about a block away from the school. He held my hand now, “you know—I’m going to have to be with you all night. Other wise someone might steal you” He smiled at me, only seeming to be semi-joking. I snorted, “Yeah…right” He looked at me, “what? I’m serious. You look…” he seemed to be searching for the right word, “amazing” I blushed slightly, “thank you”
As we walked in the gym I noticed that it was amazing how a few streamers and lighting change and music could transform it into a dance floor and not a basketball court. Joe looked at me, “so, do you want to eat…dance? It’s up to you” he grinned and I saw Lex across the room with Nick, “can we talk to Nick and Lex for a little bit? I just need to talk to Lex about something, and then it can be just you and me for the rest of the night” I grinned and he smiled, “well, when you say that how can I say no?” he joked and took my hand, leading me across the dance floor over to Lex and Nick.

[---Joe’s POV---]
I looked at my brother, as Lex and Kate began to talk. Nick looked Kate up and down, at first I thought just to be observing, but then I noticed he was basically gaping at her. I hit his arm, “cut it out” I said, angrily under my breath to him. He looked at me, “what?”
I glared, “I’m not blind. You’re here with Lex, lets keep it that way” Nick rolled his eyes and took Lex’s hand in his, “happy?” he whispered to me. I nodded, jokingly. “Alright well,” Kate looked at Lex and Nick, “we’ll talk to you guys later” She turned to me now, “Joe” she smiled and I took her hand, leading her behind me out to what was basically the center of the dance floor. I listened to the beat of the song, noticing that it was actually one of our songs. I grinned at her and she wrapped her arms around my neck, resting his head on my shoulder. I placed his hands on her waist and we danced slowly. I sang along with myself on the song, quietly in her ear, “but tonight…I’m gunna fly, yes tonight—I’m gunna fly” she sighed to herself, relaxing in my arms. I blocked out the rest of the world from my thoughts, as if it was just me and her.
The song ended and she looked at me as a fast song came on, fear in her eyes. I looked back at her, confused, “what?” She sighed, “I can’t dance. I mean, on fast songs I—I can’t dance” she said it quietly, as if she was ashamed over herself. I laughed, “Okay, okay ill teach you” I let go of her and she did the same. “Alright, I’m going to look ridiculous, but for you—ill do it. Okay? We’ll look ridiculous together” I suggested. She laughed, “okay, show me” I sighed, “okay—air guitar” I quickly showed her how to do it and she laughed, “hey hey hey” I said, defensively, “it looks better when two people do it, instead of one, okay?” I joked. She apologized, “Kay, show me another one” she insisted. I laughed, “Alright.” I showed her three more, “you ready? Let’s do this”
[---Kate’s POV---]
It was adorably sweet, in a weird way. I laughed as the song ended, “thanks for that. That was—different” He shrugged and we both laughed. “Alright, next fast song—we can practice some more of those moves, okay?” he suggested. I laughed, “Okay—deal” I nodded. Nick came over to us, “hey—you seen Lex?” he asked, grinning at me. I shook my head, “no sorry, not since when I was with you guys earlier”
He shrugged, “okay. Maybe she’s in the bathroom or something…well ill leave you two alone to get back to your night” he said, turning around to go. I grabbed his arm, “don’t be stupid, you can stay with us until she comes back. I don’t want you standing over there by yourself” I rolled my eyes. Joe stiffened slightly and I rose an eyebrow at him, confused. I shook it off and looked back at Nick, “so are you having a nice time?” I asked. He nodded, “yeah. You?” I nodded and smiled at Joe, “defiantly”
Nick looked over my shoulder, “found her! I’ll catch up with you guys later” he brushed his way past me and the people next me to get over to Lex. I looked at Joe, “you okay?” He seemed relaxed now and he nodded, “yeah—sorry. Anyway, where were we?” he grinned. I laughed, “um, somewhere about here” I showed him my air guitar. He bit his lip, “better, but still has room for improvements…here, ill help you” he stood behind me and put his arms on mine, so he could move my arms. He demonstrated it a few times. “Okay?” he said, quietly in my ear. My heart beat increased when I realized how close I was and I nodded, “got it”
He turned my around so I was close to him, facing him. He ran a hand through my hair, and smiled his perfect smile. “You know how stupid we look right now?” he asked, “I hope I’m not ruining your image” he joked. I rolled my eyes, “what image?”
He shrugged.
Later…
We were getting closer to my house and I smiled at him, “Well I had a great time tonight” I said, walking a little ahead of him, knowing this was a way to get him to watch me—a small trick Lex had taught me—and I smiled. I heard his voice behind me, “me too. Only one thing could make it better”
“Hmm?” I asked quietly, assuming we were moving back into one of our jokes. I kept my pace so he was a few inches behind me, “will you be my girlfriend?”
I stopped in my tracks, and he nearly tumbled into me. I turned around slowly to face him. He was there now, right up against me, looking down at me with intense eyes and a small smile, “w…what?” I stuttered.
He smiled and spoke more confidently this time, “will you, Kate Wright, be my girlfriend?”
I stared at him for a moment, trying to find the words to speak. No luck. I smiled, a little too eagerly at him, “yeah…defiantly” A large grin appeared on his face, “really?” I nodded and he smiled, immediately leaning down and pressing his lips against mine.

[Cheerleader111]

mhmm lex is not
pleased cause ohmygoshh nick is
checking out kate :P haha jk, post
more that was soo good[: & no
offense at all intended, but SHEESH,
kate is just awful. i mean, she can barely
get the words out to ask joe to the dance and THEN
she trips over herself when he asks her to be his girlfriend.
pshh just pitiful ahaha but i guess i can't really tease her
cause i'm not too coordinated either, but whatever.

ohkay, in simpler terms: POST MORE!!
post post post[:

[Zanessa Fan1]

haha well YOU would be nervous too!
its joe freaking jonas! :P

ill post after you do ;]

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

hahahaha Lex you should have smacked him.

Very cute Katie,
post mas =]
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=]

[Zanessa Fan1]

Chapter 7; {please don’t} start the party
[---Joe’s POV---]
It was the day after the Sadie Hawkins dance—the first day she was officially my girlfriend. I held my hand out towards her as she closed her front door. She smiled at me and took it with ease. “So there’s a party at this girl Sam’s house tonight. I was invited, which means you are too, but I don’t know if we should go or not” she said as we walked down the sidewalk. I looked at her, “why not?”
She sighed, “Because…Sam’s…okay, Sam is not exactly the—best teenager. I doubt there will be any parental supervision, and I would bet money there will be alcohol there” she finished, “oh! And on top of that, her older brother, Jeff, he graduated last year, I dated him a few years back and it didn’t exactly end well—and he still lives there, so he’d probably be there” I looked at her, seriously now, “how’d it end?” I asked, cautiously.
She sighed as we sat down on the swings of the nearby park, “Well—he was a year older. And this was my sophomore year, so he was a junior—and…let’s just say he wanted to take our relationship farther than I did…so instead, he took the next step with my—former—best friend”
I looked at her, appalled slightly, “oh my god. I’m sorry”
She shrugged, swinging slowly, “he was a jerk—I know that now. Anyway, I just don’t really want to be around him”
I looked at her, “well now we HAVE to go. First of all, so you can look amazing and make him feel totally bad about himself, and so I can kick his” she cut me off.
“Joe” she laughed, faintly, “control yourself. Besides, the party is going to get pretty crazy”
I grinned at her; “I’ll protect you”
She rolled her eyes, “I’m sure you will” she laughed quietly, “okay we can go, but if it’s really uncomfortable for me” I finished her sentence for her, “Then we’ll leave”
She nodded, agreeing with this.

[---Allison’s POV---]
I stood up; dropping the fist of dirt I had collected back onto the driveway. I heard a voice from behind me, startling me, but I relaxed when I finally recognized the familiar tone. Kevin smiled at me, “you ok?”
I brushed my hand off on my pants, “fine. Just bored is all” He nodded, understandingly, “well I just wanted to come say that I had an awesome time last night” he said, nicely.
I smiled, blushing slightly, “yeah me too”
We both fell silent for a moment. “So” I heard him say, awkwardly, “Do you want to go to starbucks or something? I mean, that’s just the first thing that came to mind since when we were driving home after last night, we drove right past one” he shrugged. I smiled and nodded, “yeah sure—hold on lemme just go tell my mom that I’m leaving” He nodded and stood there, waiting patiently. I ran inside and looked for my mother, quickly explaining the situation, before walking calmly back over to him. He smiled and we both got in his car, which he had conveniently waiting in the street.
I opened the passenger side’s door, hoping in the seat next to Kevin’s. I looked at him and smiled.
It was amazing to think about—almost unreal. Two weeks ago, and I would be with Kate and Lex somewhere, listening to music and talking about how much we hate 80% of the population of our high school. We would then proceed to pig out on junk food while watching tacky horror movies, until they put us to sleep and we all slept on Kate’s family room couch. Now—the most unlikely people on the earth had come into our lives, and turned it upside down. Luckily, there was no fighting over any of them, since there were three of us and three of them, but I still hadn’t spoken to Kate outside of school since the brothers had arrived in town. It felt weird, the sudden change. But—comfortable. I was just hoping that we could somehow get back to how things were, while incorporating the brothers in as well.

[---Kate’s POV---]
I sighed, and looked at Joe from the top of the stairs, “do I look okay? I no I shouldn’t care what he thinks—and I don’t—but I don’t wont to look terrible” I sighed again. He laughed, “You look great. Come on lets go” he held his hand out for me and I ran down the stairs, taking it immediately. I was styling comfortable grey leggings with a long red shirt on over the top of it and three necklaces on in addition. He walked with me, “so you said she lives a few blocks away?” I nodded, slipping on the jacket he had given me. He smiled at me and I laughed, “What? It matches my outfit!” he shrugged, swinging our hands slowly forward and backward in between us. I looked at the house with the loud music and rolled my eyes, “were here”
He looked at me, “Are you sure you can do this? ‘Cause I don’t want to pressure you, we can go somewhere else if you’d rather…” he spoke hesitantly, holding my hand tighter now. I shook my head, “no its time for me to face it. Get some closure. Besides, I like to show you off” I joked. He grinned and let go of my hand, placing his arm around my waist supportively as we walked up the pathway to her house. The front door swung open and Sam laughed, “KATE!!! Ehmygawd you came!” she practically ripped me from Joe, hugging me. I was overwhelmed from the smell of beer. I laughed, pulling her off of me as Joe securely put his arm around me again, “Sam…drunk already?” I smiled, sweetly, but my smile was obvious—to those who were sober—that it was fake. She laughed, and walked away. I looked at Joe and rolled my eyes, “come on. I’m sure I can find someone here who isn’t totally wasted” He grinned.
I sighed, relieved, “Con. You came, thank god. Um—Joe this is my theatre friend Conner, Conner this is my boyfriend Joe” They nodded at each other, “so um, did you see him?” I asked, cautiously.
“Who?” Conner asked, obviously knowing, “the stupid jackass? Yeah he’s here. In the backyard somewhere, he’s actually sober right now, maybe you should get back there so he can fully process who you are before he’s totally drunk” I nodded, “thanks. I’ll see you at school” Conner nodded and walked past us to help the vomiting girl in the corner. Joe laughed slightly, “Conner seems nice”
I rolled my eyes, “you only think so because he insulted Jeff” Joe nodded, “well he deserved it.”
He tightened his arm around my waist again as we walked out the backdoor, into the soft grass of their backyard. And then—I saw him. Only a few feet away, he was speaking with his best friend. I looked carefully, Conner was right—he was completely sober at the moment. I looked at Joe, “that’s him” I nodded in Jeff’s direction. Joe glared at him and looked supportively at me, “you okay?”
I nodded, swallowing hard. He moved his arm around my shoulders and I put my arm around his waist, supporting myself from my weak knees. Jeff looked up now, “talk to me” I muttered to Joe under my breath, “Just be normal” I insisted. He looked at me and smiled, moving a hair behind my ear, “I’m just going to pretend no one else is here, okay?” I nodded, “sounds good to me” He smiled and I returned it. I heard footsteps and looked up to see Jeff coming over to us, “damn” I swore under my breath so only Joe could hear. He smiled at me and I heard Jeff’s voice now, “Kate is that you?” he asked, sounding surprised. I looked up, my smile completely vanished now and I kept my face blank, “Jeff” I didn’t answer his question.
Joe’s arm tightened around my shoulders. “Look, Kate I--” he reached for my wrist and Joe pulled me back behind him slightly, “I should be kicking your ass man, back off” he growled. I looked up at him, surprised and he shot me a small grin, before glaring in Jeff’s direction again. Jeff looked at him, then at me, then at our now linked hands. “Kate I was going to apologize” Jeff insisted.
I laughed with obvious sarcasm, “Yeah why don’t you send me an ecard. Hmm, I wonder if they make an ‘I’m sorry I slept with your best friend while we were dating’ card. You should look it up” I glared. Joe seemed pleased with my sudden confidence. Jeff sighed, “It was a mistake. It would have never happened if you hadn’t said no” I gasped, “oh no you don’t” I shook my head, “don’t even try to turn this around and make it my fault. Everyone here knows that I am NOT the fault in this situation”
Jeff’s face fell blank and I could tell he couldn’t find words to fight back. I heard Joe chuckle slightly and I looked at him. He looked at my sympathetically, “I’m sorry Kate I know this is your battle, not mine, but I can’t hold this back” his fist swung forward, striking Jeff’s face at the perfect angle, knocking him off his feet. I grabbed Joe’s hand now, “come on let’s get out of here” we turned and he walked protectively behind me, back through the house, and out the front door. We walked in silence for a moment’s time and he stopped, looking at me. I returned his glance curiously. “I’m sorry I made you go there”
I shook my head, “don’t apologize. I needed to go…it was open-ended. I had never confronted him about it…I had never even seen him after it happened, except in the hallways at school…I needed to get closure on it. I that punch made me feel so much better” I grinned, only semi-jokingly.
He laughed, “Yeah well, I feel better too”
I looked at his watch, “it’s only nine. What do you want to do with the rest of our time?”
He thought for a second, “well—its Christmas in a week. I think I need to go shopping for you. No offence, id much rather love to be with you—but , this is important” He grinned and I smiled up at him, “about that—I’m just going to tell you know, I suck at giving gifts—but I’m going to try my best” I joked with him.
He shrugged, “it’s the thought that counts, right?” I nodded. He kissed me gently, “come on—ill walk you home”

[---Nick’s POV---]
It was nearly eleven and Kate burst through the front door. I stood up, cautiously, “um—hi?”
She sighed, “Sorry. Hi, I need your help with Joe’s Christmas present…I have no idea what he would want”
I laughed faintly and thought for a second, “Umm…Joe’s defiantly more sentimental. It’s not the amount of money you spent, but how much you know him. I really don’t think I should help you. Just um, think of your time with him so far, what could you get him?” I asked, not very helpfully.
She sighed, “Thanks nick that’s helpful” she rolled her eyes. I shrugged, grinning sheepishly at her.
She looked at me, “what about you?”
I looked back at her confused, “me?”
She nodded, “Yeah”
I stared at her in shock, “you want to get me something?”
She nodded, slowly, “yeah”
I shrugged, “umm…whatever. It’s the thought that counts”
She stared at me for a moment, “okay that’s weird, that’s exactly what your brother said” she shook her head, sighing, “okay I guess ill have to get creative” she stood up, walking towards the door. I quickly stood up, “wait! Um, you can stay if you want to. Hang out—you know. Since I’m home alone and kind of bored anyway.” I mumbled. She smiled and walked back over to me, sitting down on the couch, “okay, sure” I smiled and sat down next to her.
I looked at her, “so—Joe’s girlfriend huh? That’s…wow” I nodded. She nodded too, agreeing with me, “Yep. Pretty exciting.” She grinned at me and I paused for a moment before speaking, “you know he’s probably going to go all out on this Christmas present”
She looked at me hesitantly, “really?” I nodded, confirmingly.
She sighed, “No pressure though, right?”
I shrugged, “He doesn’t expect you to live up to whatever he gives you, and he likes giving gifts more than he likes getting them. Your reaction will be his real present” I nodded.
She nodded, too, slowly, understanding my logic. The room was silent for a minute and I looked at her, “oh! How was your Sadie Hawkins?” she asked, as if just remembering I had gone with her best friend. “Don’t worry, I’m not going to go tell Lex everything you tell me” she rolled her eyes. I sighed, relaxing slightly at the honesty in her voice, “it was…interesting. Lex avoided me for a big chunk of the time…I don’t really know why” She tilted her head confused, “seriously?” I nodded.
She leaned back on the couch, “wow…that’s weird, I wonder why…” she appeared to be deep in thought but I continued anyway, “yeah—as I said—I don’t know why. But when she was around she didn’t want to dance. She was always looking at everyone around us. Everyone who was watching us because of who I was. The only conclusion I could come up with was that she wasn’t comfortable with the people fascinated by us”
She shrugged, “make sense”
I agreed, “Yeah. But I mean—it didn’t bother you”
“Well that’s not really a good comparison. My mom is like, a big deal in the movie business so I’m not exactly out of the public eye all the time. I’m used to attention, even if it’s not to the same extent that YOUR attention is” she smiled, jokingly. “Well I should probably get going, sorry. My curfew, I miss it and I’m road kill” she stood up and I stood up too, “okay well, ill see you around” I grinned.
She nodded, “probably soon, actually.” She hugged me gently, like the way I had seen her hug Lex-- a comfortable, friendly hug like one friend would give another friend. I smiled at her, “yeah. Bye, I Joe would kill me if it was my fault that you got grounded or something”
She laughed quietly, “bye nick” she walked out the door and I closed it behind her.

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

:o loved the chapter!
Already seeing the friends divide xD

[Cheerleader111]

omg katie, that was the most
amazing chapter ever!
1) jeff is a loser/jerk/all things bad with this world O:
i loved when joe punched him. ohh yess, sheesh, i get
too into the stories, but yeah i loved it[:
2) allison & kevin are so cute. am i the only one
who sees this? yes, no, maybe so? yeah, so i love them :P
3) omg i'm such a loser, i was avoiding nick? sheesh, i don't
think kate is the only one with issues then. maybe some of
her loserness has rubbed off on me, so i used extreme
stupidity that night? :P anyways, post more! i loved that chapter[:

[Zanessa Fan1]

haha thanks. ill post in a little bit :D

[Zanessa Fan1]

Chapter 8; christmas break
[---Allison’s POV---]
“FINALLY!!” I threw my papers up in the air as I exited the school, “I couldn’t wait any longer!” I stared at my papers on the ground now and cursed under my breath, “Great—now I have to pick these up” I realized my stupidity and bent down, gathering the papers. I heard a laugh behind me. Kevin smiled, and handed me a stack of the papers, “a little TOO excited, are we?” He grinned jokingly and helped me stand up. I smiled, “Yeah just a little. What are you doing here? Didn’t college get on break like, a week ago?” He nodded, “Yeah—I’m picking up my brothers and Kate today” he explained. I nodded slowly, understandingly.
He grinned at me, “So what are your plans for your break?”
I looked at him, thinking, “Um…not much. Kate’s cousin is coming to stay with her. She’s pretty awesome; I’ve met her a few times. So ill probably be with her a lot, and Lex and Kate of course. And on christmas, I have a family party—but its going to be a pretty laid back break…you?”
He shrugged, “nothing really. We chose not to do the rockin’ New Years Eve thing this year, since we’re trying to have a semi-normal life for a little bit, and same with christmas, it’ll be just our family like it used to be. So it should be pretty laid back, too” he nodded.

[---Nick’s POV---]
“Hey Kate. Long time, no see… where’s Joe?” I asked, seeing her in the hallway and walking towards the exit.
She looked at me, “oh he had to go get some notes from the science teacher. He’s going to meet us in the car in a few minutes” she nodded. I nodded, too, “I see…so did you come up with what you’re going to give him?”
She smiled, “maybe…but I’m not telling you though, I need it to be a complete surprise, and I don’t want you to spoil it” she joked. I laughed, “Wow, must be something good”
I opened the door for her, and she walked out. I followed behind her and we went over to Allison and Kevin.
“Hey Allison. Kevin” Kate smiled at them and I nodded in their direction.
“Where’s Joe?” Kevin proceeded to ask the same thing I had asked, and Kate proceeded to tell him what she had told me. Sure enough, about five minutes later, Joe walked out, immediately taking Kate’s hand in his and leading her in the direction of Kevin’s car. Kevin said goodbye to Allison and we followed awkwardly behind the happy couple. Kate got in the back seat, and Joe got in after her. I noticed that he sat closer to her than necessary, but chose to ignore it.
Kate looked at me behind Joe and mouthed to me, “did you talk to lex?” I shook my head and she nodded, looking out her window now, “Oh!” she said, just remembering something, “I almost forgot. My family is having a New Years Eve party thing, and I’m supposed to invite your family. The adults are going to be on the main floor, but I plan on taking over the basement” she grinned.

[---Kate’s POV---]
I scooted out of the car, followed close by Joe and he took my hand, walking across the street to my house with me. “So what are you doing Christmas Eve?” he asked, kind of randomly as we sat down in my grass. I thought for a moment, “umm…” I smiled at him, “nothing, why?”
He grinned, “Well now you are…since everyone is always busy with their families on Christmas day I figured we could just do our Christmas stuff on Christmas Eve…if that’s okay”
I nodded, “yeah, sounds good”
I smiled, “okay good…I should probably go…I have present things to deal with” I stood up, and she stood up too, brushing the grass off her pants, “yeah me too. Ill see you later though” I nodded and he kissed me gently, before turning and walking back across the street and into his house. I sat back down in my grass, sighing and was suddenly joined by someone else sitting next to me. I looked up and grinned, “Hey Lex. How was your Sadie Hawkins?” I asked her, pretending I knew absolutely nothing about it. She sighed, “Okay I guess. I don’t know…I was never alone with him. Everyone was always watching us.” She looked at me intently, “how did you deal with it?”
I shrugged, “I don’t know. I don’t really notice, I’m too focused on being with Joe to notice that other people are watching us…” She stared at me, “that’s sweet Kate—but really not helpful” she sighed.
“Well…sorry! But I don’t know what to tell you! If you can’t get past it, I don’t know what you should do”
She pouted, “I really do like him, you KNOW I like him…I just am not comfortable in the spot light”
“And you can’t exactly ask him to give it up” I pointed out.
She nodded, “I know, I know!”
I paused awkwardly for a moment, “you won’t be mad if…I’m friends with him AND you… will you?”
She looked at me now, “no…as long as you don’t flirt with him”
I rolled my eyes, “Lex—I’m dating his brother”
She laughed and shrugged, “I was just checking…” She stood up, “well I should go, I came here on my way walking home and my mom’s going to start wondering where I got off too…” she paused, “thanks for all your help” she said sarcastically. I sighed, “Well I don’t know what you want me to say! There’s nothing I or you can do about the attention, it’s up to you if you can move past it or if you can’t”
She nodded turning and walking down the street.

[--- (back to) Nick’s POV---]
I heard a knock at the door and Joe stood up from the couch, walking over to it, and opening it. He smiled, “Hey. I thought we were going to talk later” he joked. She laughed faintly, “yeah I know. Um—actually, I need to talk to Nick” she said, cautiously. I knew Joe would think the worst about this, but decided to deal with that later. I rose an eyebrow and walked over to the door. I grinned, “Hey Kate”
She smiled whole-heartedly, “Hi. Um, I need to talk to you about…the thing you told me about you and my best friend…” she said, not so suddley but not really caring if Joe knew what she was regarding. I nodded, stepping in front of Joe and out the door to where she was. She smiled and kissed Joe’s cheek before stepping outside with me. I knew he was watching us from the window just to be safe, but since he couldn’t hear us, I didn’t let it hold me back from the conversation, “so I didn’t tell her what you said, don’t worry” she stared. I nodded, and she continued, “I just asked her how her Sadie Hawkins was, and I think we were right. She said she felt like she was never alone with you because of the extra attention. She asked me on advice on how to get passed it but I was honest, I really don’t have any advice for it”
I nodded, understandingly, “okay. Well, do you know what she’s going to do?”
She shook her head, sympathetically, “no I don’t—sorry. When she left I told her to decide if she can get past it or not” she paused, “because obviously, if she can’t…” her voice trailed off. I nodded, “I know”
She sighed, “I’m sorry” I shrugged it off, “That’s okay. I understand that it’s a lot to deal with. Thanks for looking into it for me”
She grinned, “No problem.”
I stood up, “well you should probably leave, Joe might just about kill me for talking to you when he’s not around” She laughed, “yeah he’s kind of protective isn’t he?”
I nodded, “yeah—and he doesn’t trust me”
She nodded too, walking down the steps from the porch, “bye nick” she said as she walked away.
I smiled, “Bye” I opened the door, stepping in cautiously, waiting for Joe to pounce on me or something.
He looked up at me as soon as the door was closed, “what was that all about?”
“Well she had come over last night to see you and you weren’t here so we got to talking and I told her about how lex was being weird at Sadie Hawkins, so apparently she talked to Lex about it, so she just wanted to tell me what Lex had said” I explained, 100% honesty showing in my voice. He nodded slowly, “so what, your friends now?”
I nodded, “Yeah…I’m aloud to have friends Joe, and so is she. You can trust me, its not like I like her like that or anything. And even if I did, I would never do that to you” even the hypothetical situation made him cringe slightly, “I don’t, man!” I insisted, “We’re just friends. She cares about you so much…more than you know, probably” I added this for his sake, but it was most likely true. He rolled his eyes, “whatever Nick”

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

oOo
brother rivarly
i think i spelled that wrong...
ohh well!

I loved it katie =]

[Cheerleader111]

that was soo good[:
i love how joe is just kinda all curious
& protectivey, it's so funny :P write
moooore soon[:

[eizy12306]

moree(:

[ilygracie]

Omj!
Katie!
More pleaseeee,
I need more,
This is amazing!
I havan't stopped reading it!
My eyes were glued to the screen,
now they hurt :[
Oh well Itw as worth it more pleaseee

[Zanessa Fan1]

Chapter 9; christmas eve
[---Kate’s POV---]
“Morning mom” I said, walking down the stairs to the living room. She smiled, “good morning hunny. Your cousin is flying in this afternoon. So when you get back from your date--be ready to introduce her and make her feel at home” she reminded me. I nodded, “yeah I know. I’ll see you later mom” I grabbed the jacket and put it on, walking out the front door. I ran across the street quickly and reached my arm up to knock on the door. It opened then, startling me slightly. Nick smiled, “he’s coming” I grinned, “thanks. OH!” I reached into my pocket, “Here” I handed him a small package, “merry christmas” He looked at it and smiled at me, “thanks” I nodded and saw Joe coming downstairs. He pushed past nick impatiently and grinned, taking my hand, “come on” he pulled me out the door and I waved goodbye to Nick.
Joe looked at me, “I have something for you” he grinned. I held up a hand in protest, “let me go first. I don’t like going last” I grinned, jokingly and he shrugged. I sighed, nervous on what his reaction would be, “okay…” I pulled it out of my pocket, “tell me if this is totally stupid and ill get you something else—but every January in the middle of it, my mom sends me to go visit my grandparents in Michigan and they live on the lake, and its beautiful there, with all the snow and stuff…and” I paused, handing him it. He looked at it, and then looked at me, confused, “a plane ticket?”
I nodded, “Yeah well, I thought…” I looked down, speaking softly, “I thought maybe you could go with me…”
He lifted my chin with his finger so I had to look at him and smiled, “really?” I nodded, trying to look anywhere else. He smiled bigger now, “Yeah of course ill go” he looked at the plane ticket again, “thanks” he grinned to himself. I stared in shock, “wait—you like it?”
He laughed and nodded, “yeah, duh. Why do you get so nervous?”
I shrugged, “I’m terrible at giving gifts”
He looked at it and shook his head, “obviously not”
I looked at him now and smiled, extremely relieved. He grinned, taking my hand. “Okay, my turn” he mumbled, quietly to himself. He looked at me now, and reached for something in his pocket. He let go of my hand now and held it in both hands. It was a relatively small black velvet box which he then opened. The inside was beautiful. The box contained a necklace, imbedded with each centimeter of necklace with a small diamond. The box had the information slip on the inside as they all did and I read it carefully. 18 karat gold. I stared at it, I remembered when we had studied this is science. That was the second highest gold there was.
I looked at him, and he seemed nervous, “oh my god” I choked out, quietly. His face was cautious and I threw myself at him, kissing him passionately in a thank you fashion. He laughed, separating from me, and taking it out of his small box, clasping it securely around my neck. He smiled and moved a hair behind my ear.
I kissed him gently, I whispered against his lips “merry christmas”

[---Joe’s POV---]
I smiled to myself as I took her into my arms, “you know something, Kate…” she looked at me, “we’ve only known each other for a month now…” She seemed surprised by this, “really? Just a month? It feels like it’s been way longer than that” I nodded, agreeing, “I guess the phrase ‘time flies when you’re having fun’ isn’t always true, huh?” She nodded and stayed silent.
“My cousin is coming into town today” she said after the silence, “she’ll want to meet you”
I laughed faintly, stroking her hair gently, “alright. Do you want to go back home now?”
I felt her shake her head as a no, against my chest. I smiled and kissed her forehead, “come on.” I took her hand in mine and pulled her along behind me as we made our way to the park. It had become kind of our happy place, since generally there was no one there, and it was kind of hidden by bushes so it was relatively private. I sat down, jokingly in the sand-box and she laughed, sitting down next to me. I put an arm around her and sighed, “So for this trip in January…how should I pack? I’ve only been there a few times for concerts and such” I smiled at her. She thought for a second, “Umm…layers. Lots of them” she laughed and I nodded.
“It should be fun” I said, thinking about it. She nodded, “Yeah. Their house is amazing. As I said, it’s on the lake, which is frozen over at this point, but still. They live in a very wooded area so it’s pretty private, not like the houses here. And all of the houses look different too, all unique in their own way. Theirs is really nice…it has 3 floors—with a basement, unlike here. And their on a hill, so at the front the main floor is where to enter, but then in the back, when you leave the main floor, there’s a huge deck with stairs that you have to take to get to the ground. And the basement in the back is what is at ground level. It’s amazing” she said, trying to get the image for me in my mind. I nodded, “sounds cool” I smiled.
Time had gone by fast with our talking, and it was soon dinner time, “I should get you home” I stood up, and helped her out of the sand. We walked back, taking our time, towards her house. I opened the door for her and she walked in. I followed close behind her and noticed a short brunette sitting on the couch, talking to Mr. Wright. The girl dropped her bag when she saw me and I smiled sweetly back at her. Kate hugged her cousin, “It’s so good to see you again!” she paused and took my hand again, “Joe—this is my cousin, Maria. She’s going to be staying here for the rest of break before going back to Florida. Maria, this is my boyfriend Joe” I finished the introduction and smiled. Maria stared at me for one more moment, “y-y-y-y-y-our j-j-Joe Jonas!” she gaped in my direction and I laughed faintly. I grinned, “Yeah I am. And I’m sorry I wish I could stay, but I need to get back. I promised my mom id be back for Christmas Eve dinner” I explained. Kate smiled, “alright. OH! Can you find out what Nick thought of his present? I wasn’t sure what to get him…” she mumbled. I grinned and nodded, “will do” I smiled, moving a hair behind her ear, “ill see you, hopefully tomorrow, if not then the day after, okay?” I smiled and she nodded, “Kay” I leaned, kissing her for a minute, but separating remembering the presence of her father in the room. I let go of her hand now, walking out the front door, and closing it behind me. I walked across the street and opened the door, “Hello Family” I grinned, obviously pleased. Nick rose an eyebrow at me, “how’d it go?” I smiled.

[---Maria’s POV---]
I stared at my cousin, “your dating Joe JONAS!?” I yelled in shock. She laughed, grabbing my arm, “Maria—let’s catch up in my room. Bye, Dad” she said as she ran up the stairs, I followed right at her heels. The second her door was closed I repeated my question. She nodded simply, “Yeah, so what?”
I rolled my eyes, “come on Kate that is SO not a so what…” I murmured. She laughed, “Well, what do you want me to say? He’s amazing…” she sighed, lying down on her bed. I sat down on the nearby bean-bag chair. “Tell me about Nick…” I grinned. She rolled her eyes, “He likes Lex” she stated first, making things clear. I rolled my eyes again, ignoring that comment and waited for her to continue, “He’s become one of my best friends” she said, smiling. I glared, “lucky”

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh loved the chapter!
dude i want that necklace!

[Cheerleader111]

i agree with allison,
i want that necklace :P post moooore[:
that was such a happy chapter sighh

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

hahahahah lex

[ilygracie]

Omj!
More

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Chapter 10; merry christmas
[---Kate’s POV---]
“SHUT UP!” I shrieked at the top of my lungs over the counter to my mother, “it’s not my FAULT that the turkey was put in an hour late, mom it’s YOURS! Stop pressuring me to do every thing!” I threw the spoon down onto the counter as I heard the doorbell ring and stomped over to the door, opening it. Nick smiled at me, and handed me a box wrapped in colorful paper, “Merry Christmas. You honestly didn’t think I would let you give me something and not give you anything in return?” I looked at it and couldn’t help but smile slightly, “thank. You’re a life-saver you know. I really needed to get out of that kitchen” I rolled my eyes, “I was this close to killing my mom with the whisk” I was only semi-kidding but he laughed anyway, “well, as I would say—its not christmas until somebody cries, is it?” He joked. He was right, Christmas was always good once it got going, but the preparation and clean up was my own personal hell.
I set the gift down and sighed, “I would invite you in, but my mom is trying to catch up for lost time so if she saw you she just might use you as a recruitment” I shook my head, and smiled in a joking matter.
He shrugged, “I’ll help if you want. My mom is already pretty much done—she’s pro. Besides, Kevin and Joe are helping her and my dad.” We both jumped as we heard a beeping sound and scream from the kitchen, he laughed, “And you seem to need all the help you can get”
I sighed, “As I said, you are a life-saver” I stepped out of the way and he walked inside. I pulled his arm, pulling him with me into the kitchen with me, “Mom—Nick said he’d help”
She was basically up to her elbows in mess and I threw her a towel. She sighed, “Well—I guess you having a friend here might lower your temper-tantrums” I stared at the counter where I had previously been screaming and heard Nick chuckle behind me. I rolled my eyes at my mother, “whatever. What do you need me to do now?”
She thought for a second, “umm---tell Maria to help me in here, you and Nick can make the stuffing. The stuff is in the basement kitchen, you mine as well just make it down there” I nodded and went to the stairs, “Maria your break is over get back to hell’s kitchen or I’m coming up there” I said it calmly, but my temper was obvious in my tone. Maria came down the stairs and stared at the person behind me, “Nick? Hi! I’m Maria…Kate’s cousin” She grinned and I rolled my eyes. “Nick, Maria. Maria, nick. I’m sparing the long introduction” I walked down the stairs and Nick shrugged, smiling at Maria, and following me down the stairs. “Okay” I said, rolling up my sleeves “Let’s get started” I sighed, getting out the croutons and spices.
“Okay—my mom gave me this recipe to follow” I showed him the piece of paper and set it back down on the counter. He nodded, taking off his jacket and setting it on the couch so he wouldn’t get anything on it.
I looked at the recipe carefully, reading it over a few times, “Okay…” I got out a large bowl and set it on the counter. “Croutons” I said, holding my hand out. He handed me the box and I poured the majority of it into the bowl, “Flour” I said now. I looked up when he was handing me nothing and he grinned, flicking a handful of flower into my face. I gasped, “Nick!” He laughed; barley being able to talk in between his laughs, “you look good with white—contrasts with your eyes” I reached into the bag and threw a handful of it at him. He gasped now, “Oh that’s not cool…” I smiled, “yeah—I know!” He grabbed a handful of croutons and threw them in my direction. Predictable. I ducked under the counter, laughing at his lame attempt. I stood up, just to get another handful of croutons in my face. My jaw dropped, astonished, and he nearly fell over laughing.

[---Nick’s POV---]
“No…Nick! My mom’s going to kill me…” she whined, and yet still was laughing with me. I shrugged, “then you wont be so ashamed by your defeat though” She pointed like she was going to say something, but held it inside, “you know I would SO come after you right now if I didn’t think my mom would hear” she glared but I could tell that I had lightened her mood. She sighed and went into the other room of the basement, coming back and tossing me a mop, holding another one in her hand, “lets clean the flour off the floor before my mom comes down here and murders us both” I nodded, “good plan”
Since we had only had a small fight, it only took a few minutes to clean the mess we had made, and I handed her the flour for real. She mixed it with her bread crumbs and put it in with the croutons, covering it with the precise amount of spices. I poured the croutons onto a baking sheet and put it in the oven, setting the timer for the amount it had said on the recipe. “Now I have to go change” she growled, but obviously holding back her laughter. I looked at her, tilting my head, “oh come on—you have to admit that your day got MUCH better when I came. I mean—I doubt you would have had a flour fight up there” I said, referring to what she had called ‘hell’s kitchen’ she laughed and nodded, “very true”
“Okay well, I should get home now before they start to worry about why I’ve been gone for like an hour” I looked at her, “besides, now I have to change MY shirt too.”
She laughed quietly, “Oh please, you SO started it” I shrugged, surrendering, and began to walk up the stairs. She followed close behind me and her mother looked at us, confused, as she walked me to the door, “why are you COVERED in flower, Katharine? Nicholas?” Kate looked at me, eyes wide, obviously trying not to laugh, but then put on a serious face to look at her mom, “we were very dedicated and…into this project.” She nodded and her mother nodded too, approvingly. Maria just stared at us, jaw dropped, eyes wide. Kate laughed, “Merry Christmas, Nick. Tell your family I say so too, tell Joe if he can to come over here”
I nodded, “will do” I walked outside and across the street. Joe stared at me, “why are you covered in…?” his voice trailed off as he looked me up and down. I shook my head, “It’s crazy over there. Mrs. Wright is being ridiculously mean about everything, and Kate and I had to make something for her, it got a little out of hand”
Joe laughed, “She got you good, didn’t she?” he laughed, referring to the amount of flour on me, obviously imagining Kate throwing it on me. I rolled my eyes, “yeah she did. But I got her back so—we’re even. Oh, and she said, if you can—she would love it if you went over there sometime today. But id recommend going later, its crazy over there right now, as I said” Joe nodded, seeming relatively okay with the developing friendship between me and his girlfriend, to my surprise. “So,” I smiled at my mother, “How are things going over here?”

[---Allison’s POV---]
“We wish you a merry Christmas, we wish you a merry Christmas, we wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year, good tidings we bring to you and your friends, good tidings for Christmas, and a happy new year” I sang and looked at Lex, “this is ridiculous. I say we still go to the homeless shelter for the secret Santa deal…I mean” I went into a whisper, “half of these people are asleep anyway, and their hearing aids probably don’t even pick up the resistance of music we are creating. I mean come on you have to admit most of these carolers suck…” I mumbled. Lex rolled her eyes, “way to be in the spirit of Christmas, Allison”
I sighed, “Well, sorry! Singing is just not my cup of tee…” Lex rolled her eyes, “you need community service to graduate anyway, deal with it. It’s either this, or picking up trash in the park with Kate in the spring”
I thought about this for a moment and nodded, agreeing that this was the better option. I realized we were singing and saw my community service officer walking by and Lex and I sang with them, “God rest ye merry gentlemen let nothing you dismay…” I sang and watched as the officer walked away, “how much longer do we have to do this?” I whispered to Lex, and went back to singing. She looked at me and rolled her eyes, “only ten more minutes. I think you can make it” she said, jokingly. I nodded and sighed as we finished our songs early, and were dismissed. As I was walking out, I paused to wait for Lex who had fallen behind. I felt a tap on my shoulder and a little old lady smiled at me, “excuse me” she squeaked out. I looked at her, “yes?”
She smiled, “I want to thank you for your time today…my daughter couldn’t find the money to fly out to see me and let me see my grandchildren, so it was nice to have someone visit me” she said it cheerfully. I felt a warm feeling come across me, one that I didn’t recognize. I actually—felt good about this. Felt like I had made someone’s day, even if it had been the worst part of mine. I smiled, “it was my pleasure” Lex came over now and the old women hoppled back over to her chair, sitting down gracefully and picking up a magazine. Lex looked at my suddenly happy face and snapped in front of my eyes, “You okay?”
I nodded, and turned, walking out the front doors of the retirement home, Lex following close behind me.

[---Joe’s POV---]
“Thanks for dinner mom” I kissed her cheek, “it was great…” I eyed the door, yearning to go across the street.
My mom sighed and rolled her eyes, “Go see her, its Christmas—she makes you happy, and you should defiantly be happy today” I grinned, “thanks mom, love you” I grabbed my jacket, putting it on quickly and running across the street. I noticed many cars in her driveway, most likely relatives and knocked on the front door; standing up straight on the chance that he father might open the door. To my relief, it was Mrs. Wright. She smiled, “Good evening, Joseph. Kate is somewhere with her cousins Ben, Lucas, Jessica, John, and Andrew. Come on in, ill help you find her” I smiled and nodded, stepping past her, into the house warm with the smell of turkey. I walked past many people I didn’t recognize, but they seemed to recognize me. I spotted Kate across the room on the couch and she jumped up, running over to me, “you came!” she seemed surprised and extremely please. I laughed and hugged her, “of course I did” She grabbed my hand and pulled me with her back over to her company, “Joe these are my cousins—too many names to go over with you, you’ll never remember them anyway” she grinned at me, jokingly, “guys—this is my boyfriend Joe”
I nodded at them, “nice to meet you” I recognized Ian now, and he stood up, walking over to me. “Ian…” Kate mumbled, “Remember what we talked about” I held in a chuckle and looked from Ian to Kate, then back to Ian. He nodded at her and held a hand out for me. I shook it sternly, “nice to see you again” I said, politely.
I sat down on the couch and Kate sat easily on my lap. I put my arms around her, holding her hands and smiled at her cousins. They all seemed to be in their teens or early twenties; all with similar features as if they were brothers and sisters rather than cousins. Kate looked at me and whispered in my ear, “I’ve gotten about a million compliments on my necklace” she smiled and I looked. She was wearing it; I had been too overwhelmed by her company to notice. I smiled, pleased by this and nodded, “good”

[Zanessa Fan1]

Chapter 11; happy new year!
[---Kate’s POV---]
I ripped open another box of party supplies, “Lex!” she ran in, “yes?”
“I need you to call the teens on this guest list” I handed it to her, “the numbers are listed, we need to tell them that the teen party was moved to Allison’s house, and that the parent party will be here at mine, can you handle that?” I hesitated. She nodded, “Yeah I can handle it. Umm…phone?” she looked around her.
“Counter” I mumbled, pointing absent-mindedly to where the phone lied on the kitchen counter. Lex nodded, picking up my phone and the list of numbers and walking into the other room to make the calls. Allison looked at me, “we should probably start loading the stuff were taking for our party into your car” she suggested. I nodded and just then Nick, Kevin, and Joe burst through the front door. Kevin put his fists on his hips, pushing his chest into the air and Joe spoke in a Tarzan, manly voice “Men are here” Nick pounded on his chest, “we lift heavy boxes” he repeated Joe’s voice and I laughed, “wow…” I shook my head and pointed to the boxes, “thanks for helping guys” I said, sympathetically. Joe kissed my gently as he walked passed me, picking up a large box, “no problem…your car?” he asked, assuming where I needed the boxes. I nodded, “yeah thanks” I walked in front of him, holding the door open for him and his brothers and unlocking the car. They put the boxes in the backseat and I sighed, “thanks again you guys, there’s no way me and Allison could have done that. We’ll see you guys tonight at ten at Allison’s house, right?”
They all nodded and I smiled, “Kay. I should get back in there and see how Lex is doing with calling people” I kissed Joe’s cheek, “I’ll see you later” He nodded and I walked passed them, back into my house.
“Lex…? You done?” I asked, as she came out of the room. She nodded, “Yeah. A few of them didn’t answer so I left messages explaining the situation” I nodded, approvingly, “good job. Nick, Joe, and Kevin moved the boxes, so we should get over to Allison’s house and start setting everything up”
- - - -
Allison watched as Lex and I pathetically moved the boxes inside her house. Allison reached into the many boxes, pulling out the colorful streamers, blow horns, and other new year’s party items that had been purchased. I came in with a box of CD’s “Okay, so we will take turns DJ-ing…well not being a DJ per say, but being in charge of choosing the music if you aren’t okay with it…”I plugged the stereo into an extension cord, into the wall and placed the box of Cd’s on the table behind the stereo. “Okay…what 10 cd’s should I put in first? It’s going to go on random in between the CD’s so that will be our music for the first couple of hours”
“Umm…” Lex walked over to me and started flipping through various CD cases, grabbing some randomly and putting them into the stereo. “What are you doing to do about nick?” I didn’t mean to say it. I meant to think it, but it just bursted out of my mouth and came out in a rush. Lex looked at me, a bit surprised, “huh?”
I sighed, “Well it’s just—he’s going to be here. And I’m friends with both of you so I’m going to feel all awkward if I don’t know where the situation stands at the current moment”

[---Lex’s POV---]
I sighed, “I don’t know, Kate! I hate the attention! Okay?! I can’t stand it! And I honestly am not sure if I can move past it or not, so at this particular moment…I’m not on bad terms with Nick, but I’m not exactly interested in a relationship of any kind” I snapped. I was disappointed with myself and obviously taking it out on her, and I hoped she would be able to tell that I wasn’t actually mad at her. She seemed to pick up on it but seemed angry at my comment anyway, “well Lex—I think you should talk to him about it. Even if it’s just to tell him that you don’t want anything with him, rather than stringing him along. Just because you still think of him as some celebrity who is up on some pedestal, he is a REAL person”
Allison attempted to cut in, to stop the argument before it got any worse, but I held a hand up to stop her.
“HA! Kate—you’ve known them for what, a month? Maybe a month and a week? You DON’T have them all figured out like you want us to believe. I don’t even think you know what YOU want, let alone what they want” I snapped, fiercely.
She gasped quietly, “what’s THAT supposed to mean?”
I rolled my eyes, “You seem to be the happiest person ever with Joe—but then there’s nick. Are you SURE you just want to be friends with him? Maybe you should CHOSE a brother before giving me advice about mine…”
She fake laughed, “YOURS? He is SO not yours! You went to one dance with him, during which you avoided him most of the time, so I’m pretty sure he is anything but yours…”
I rolled my eyes again, “Just because part of you wants him as yours doesn’t mean you get to decide who he dates…” I pointed out.
“I don’t want him as mine. But he does happen to be one of my best friends which gives me the right to tell YOU that you should treat him better!” she screamed. This had gotten way out of hand and Allison had obviously had enough of it. She pinched both of our ears, “ow…ow…ow…” I could hear that Kate and I were speaking in unison as Allison shut us up, “I’m getting sick of this! You two love each other; you’ve been best friends for like—your whole lives! Don’t argue about a guy! Get a hold of yourselves!” She let go of our ears and I held mine, backing away from her and Kate. I sighed, “I’m sorry. You’re right, I shouldn’t lead him on”
She sighed, too, “No—I’m sorry. You’re right; I have no right to tell you what to do with your love life”
“You were both out of hand” Allison muttered. I looked at her and smiled slightly, “not helping”
I looked back at Kate now, “friends? I don’t want to go into this new year fighting—you’re already leaving me soon for college” I reminded her. She nodded, “defiantly friends” I was going to hug her when I heard someone knock at the front door. I looked at the clock, “It’s only nine. No one should be here for another hour…” I mumbled to myself.

[---Maria’s POV---]
Kate opened the door and I smiled at her, “hi. I know I’m early, but your mom told me to come now for some reason” Kate shrugged and stepped out of the way, letting me in. I looked around the room, “It looks great guys” Allison smiled, “Thanks. Sorry you had to spend the whole day shopping with Mrs. Wright”
“Hey!” Kate seemed offended but I rolled my eyes, “oh please your sorry too” she shrugged it off and I turned back too Allison, who was now dimming the lights so it was more party-like. Lex turned on the music and I looked at them, “what time are people coming?”
Kate answered me, “in about an hour. But I told Joe he could come early so, he could be here any time now…” she nodded and before I knew it, it was time for the party to begin.
People came non-stop, until Allison’s house was jam-packed full of teens ranging from 14 to the early twenties. The music boomed and the voices were loud from all across the room, and I realized this was my first real party. I mean, the parents were only a few houses away, so I knew it wasn’t going to be crazy or anything, but technically there was no parental supervision. This excited me as I ran through the crowd, trying to find Kate—or someone else that I at least knew.

[---Joe’s POV---]
I grabbed Kate’s hand from behind her, “hey—I couldn’t find you for a few minutes!” I laughed and she grinned, gripping my hand tightly, “are you having fun?” she asked. I nodded, “defiantly. It’s better now though” I grinned at her and she smiled. I looked at the flat screen on the wall of Allison’s family room, “Look’s like the ball’s about to drop” I smiled at her, taking a step closer to her so I was right up against her. She grinned at me and I looked down at her. We both looked at the screen along with everyone else. “FIVE! FOUR! THREE!” everyone yelled in unison, “TWO!! ONE! HAPPY NEW YEAR!” people blew horns all around us, confetti was thrown into the air, and I leaned in quickly, and kissed her, spending the first minute of 2009 with her.

[Zanessa Fan1]

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[Cheerleader111]

COMMENT! :P
i'm a comment, now post[:

i loved those! both of them!
not too fond on the fight, i think i might
actually agree with myself O: then...kinda with
kate. i think. hmmm well i'm kind of scared with
where you are taking this katie! :P kate & nick maybe?
hmmm O: post more :P

[Zanessa Fan1]

Chapter 12; january first
[---Kate’s POV---]
I looked at my alarm and turned it off, noon already. I got up and went outside, “So I see I’m not the only one who chose to go home and sleep for a while after the party” I heard Joe speak behind me and spun around. I grinned, “Guess not. Did you have fun at the party?”
He nodded, “Yeah it was awesome…Lex seemed…” he paused, sitting down in the driveway, “tense”
I sat down next to him, sighing, “Yeah—we kind of had a pretty stupid fight right before the party…Allison made us apologize, but I would bet money that the next time were alone together it will start up again…”
He looked at me, his eyes concerned and sympathetic, “what was it about?”
I looked down, “I don’t want to tell you” I muttered, “You might take it the wrong way or something”
He rolled his eyes, “Kate you can tell me anything” I felt him place his hand on mine and I nodded, “I know, but--” I sighed, “It was about Nick”
He stayed relatively calm, more than I thought he would, and he nodded, “care to be more specific?”
I felt better about discussing this now, “Well—Lex was saying how she doesn’t think she can get past the extra attention that comes with dating a Jonas, and I told her not to string Nick on then—and that she had to tell him how she felt—and then she got all protective, saying that he was ‘hers’ and that I have no right to think that I control you guys. And I didn’t mean that I did, she just was taking everything I said the wrong way” I looked down again and he lifted my chin, “you didn’t do anything wrong, you were just giving her advice. It’s not your fault that your friends with both of them, but…the only thing I don’t understand, is why you would be still mad at her because of that…?” he murmured, seeming to be thinking intently to find the answer. He let go of my chin and I looked forward, not at him anymore, “Well…” I paused, “she said…she said I need to pick a Jonas…” He looked at me confused and I realized id have to specify, “She said that I have to choose a Jonas, because she thinks I have feelings for not just you—but Nick, too. Can you believe that?” I looked at him and his face remained still. I gasped quietly and stared at him, “you DO don’t you!?” my jaw dropped and eyebrows rose. He sighed and ran a hand through his hair, “well—I don’t doubt you or think you’d lie to me, but…”
I gaped at him, “BUT!?” I shot up, “I can’t believe this!!!”
“Kate, don’t take this the wrong way. I care about you so much, and I don’t think it’s strong but she might have a point about picking someone…” his voice trailed off.
I looked at him, “so what I’m not aloud to be friends with him? No offence Joe, I care about you PROBUBLY more than you care for me, but it’s not up to you to decide who I am and am not friends with…”
He sighed, “Kate—I didn’t mean it like that! It’s just…”he stood up now; too “You look at him in a VERY familiar way that you do to me, Kate!”
I stared at him, “I look at him as a FRIEND, Joe. A very good friend, but still JUST a friend…”
He seemed to be getting worked up now too, “well let’s see, maybe you should have made SURE that that was true, before you accepted my girlfriend/boyfriend offer”
I rolled my eyes, “you just DON’T get it do you!?”
“NO!” he screamed, taking a step towards me, “YOU don’t get it! He’s my brother, Kate; you can’t have both of us!” he stared at my face as I felt it break from the conversation. I held back my tears and took towards him, yelling in his face, “I don’t want both of you like that Joe! I mean dammit, Joe! I love you!!! But if you can’t accept that I have other friends in my life, then you obviously don’t love me.” I stopped yelling and looked up at him, feeling tears pushing to come out of my eyes, “but obviously we aren’t on the same level in this relationship if you can’t understand that”
He rolled his eyes, “yeah obviously not”
I shook my head and turned around, walking quickly down the driveway and onto the sidewalk. “KATE!” I heard him yell after me but chose to ignore it. I heard him sigh and didn’t turn around to see what his expression was. This was our first fight, one I always dreaded. I walked around the corner, “oh god…” I sighed and Nick stared at me confused, “um…sorry, did I do something to make you mad or something?” he asked, referring to my glare. I sighed and shook my head, “no…its not you. It’s Lex and your brother…”
He tilted his head, confused, “what did they do?”
I rolled my eyes, “They both seem to think that I have some sort of feelings for you. Both of them said I need to, and I quote, ‘pick a Jonas’” he turned so he was walking the same direction I was and we walked down the sidewalk. “Well” he paused, “do you?”
I looked at him, “huh?”
He shrugged, “well…” he seemed hesitant, “the two people who know you best, your best friend and your boyfriend, both seem to think you do…” his voice trailed off. “Umm…” I thought for a second, “I don’t know…I mean” this conversation was taking a turn and had become extremely awkward, “do you?” He looked straight ahead, “Um…well I don’t know. I mean, I never looked at you that way before”
We both fell silent and I stopped him from walking. He looked at me and I looked at him. I sighed, “what about now?” He paused and I stared into his eyes, searching for answers and trying to figure out if what Joe and Lex seemed to think was true WAS in fact true or not. He sighed and started walking again. I stood there and yelled after him, “Well? What did you decide?!” I yelled after him.


[---Joe’s POV---]
“Joe? Is that you?” I heard Allison’s voice. I turned around on the park bench I had been sitting on to see her there and sighed, “Hi Allison” I said, quietly. She looked at me and sat down, “What’s wrong?”
I shook my head, “I pretty much just pushed my girlfriend who said she loved me, right into another man’s arms…” She looked at me, “Kate said she loved you?”
I nodded, “Yeah…in the middle of an argument. The stupid thing is I should have said it right then, finishing the argument and fixing it, because I do…” I sighed again, “but I was too worked up in the argument to find the words to say it to her…And now, I would bet money she is talking to him” Allison rolled her eyes, “Him being nick? Well no offence Joe, but you just made a huge mistake. She already has Nick as a best friend, so she knows she can trust him…and if he DOES care for her like you do, then you’ve got trouble…its hard for people who are friends but different genders to tell if they have feelings for each other or not, sometimes” she explained. I nodded, “I know…but I’m so stupid! I shouldn’t have even agreed for one second with Lex! I mean, about Kate have feelings for…wait, how did you know I was talking about Nick?” I realized I hadn’t said that to her. She smiled, “I assumed. Go on”
I continued, “I should have said she needed to pick a Jonas! I knew she was friends with Nick, and I knew she got mad at Lex for saying that, I should have known it wouldn’t go any better for me to say it than it did for her!” Allison immediately got protective of Kate, considering she was one of her best friends of all time, “You’re right…you should have said that.” She agreed, not helpfully at all. She crossed her arms.
I nodded, “I know, I know! And I don’t think she has feelings for him like that, but I just got so, protective…it’s weird. It’s never happened to me before, but I felt like this was too good to be true. And I didn’t want anything or anyone to ruin’ that for me. I insisted that I was the only man in her life, and now HE’S going to be the only man in her life” I sighed.
Allison looked at me, “not if you fix it now”
I looked at her immediately, “what?”
“Don’t just sit her and whine to me…do something about it! My god Joe, you replaying the drama over and over in your head and to me wont solve anything, talking to Kate and telling her you love her will! Go find her before its too late!!!” she stood up, dragging me by my arm to the sidewalk. I sighed and she let go of my arm, “You’re right. Thanks Allison” she shrugged and I stomped down the sidewalk, confidently.
I opened the front door, knowing I would find Kate talking to Nick since she wouldn’t be able to get Lex to side with her on this. I had to keep my cool; otherwise I would completely ruin the process of fixing this relationship. Before I could even close the door behind me, Kate looked down, seeming both hurt and angry.
I sighed, “Look, Kate…” Nick cut me off. He stood up, standing in-between me and her, “she doesn’t want to talk to you, Joe” he mumbled. I looked at him, “I think she can speak for herself Nick”
He glared at me and turned, looking at Kate, “Sorry” he whispered. I heard her faint voice as she whispered back, “Thanks for trying”
She stood up not and looked at me, “Joe…I really don’t feel like talking to you right now…” she exhaled under breath. I grabbed her arm, “Kate, listen”
Nick ripped my hand off of her, “she said she doesn’t want to talk to you right now!” the yell shocked me, causing me to take a step back, “Nick…don’t get so protective. I’m not going to hurt her feelings. I came to apologize” Kate looked at Nick and spoke softly to him for a moment, “It’s okay…” was all I could hear, I couldn’t tell what she said after that. Whatever it was, Nick took a step back and sat down on the couch.
Kate looked at me, “Joe…honestly there’s nothing you could do right now to make it better…maybe talk to me tomorrow once I’m cooled off or something but…” I wanted to cut her off to tell her I loved her. I wanted to take her into my arms and hold her, until everything that we had said in our fight went away. I wish I could hold her and never let go, but I couldn’t. I couldn’t make this the way I wanted it to be with an audience, and god knew nick was watching us carefully from where he sat. I couldn’t tell her this when she was furious with me, or it would seem like I was just saying it to make up with her. I had to find a way to make up with her and tell her once we were back to normal. But—I didn’t know how. So I just stood there, letting her explain that tomorrow would be better. I hoped that was true.

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

ahhh i am reading now.
gosh i have missed some chapters!

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

dude i thought joe was going to punch nick, or the other way around!
wowzers!
Good chapters.

Ugh thank you for reminding me about community service and college Katie :P
gosh, now i need to do something.

Very good!
can't wait for more!

[Cheerleader111]

if i were nick...i'd sleep with one
eye open or something. O: yeah, i agree with
allison, i thought this would get violent :P

but i loved it katie as usual[: post more please?[:
i really reaaaaally need to know what happens :P

[Zanessa Fan1]

you need to post lex :P then ill post ;)

[Cheerleader111]

so...now two people are relying on me posting...
for them to post...
i dont like this. at all.

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

me neither...
you take too long to post lex, so i end up not reading any ffs for days xD

[Cheerleader111]

APFFT that was low allison...
but sooo true. i don't like that pressure]: hehe
lemme write. cause we don't want allison to be bored
for days now, do we? :P

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

of course not!

[danadog75]

i love this ff!

[Zanessa Fan1]

Chapter 13; patching up the holes
[---Joe’s POV---]
I quickly got dressed, making sure I looked alright in the mirror before running down the stairs. I grabbed a muffin, taking a bite of it as I ran out the door towards her house. I threw the muffin cup away in a trash can just before I reached her home, knocking on the front door and sighing, preparing myself. Kate opened it slowly and cautiously, obviously already knowing who was on the other side of it. I looked at her, “can I talk to you? Just give me five minutes, that’s all I’m asking for” I insisted, before she could tell me to leave again. She looked hesitant but stepped out, closing the door securely behind her. She sat down on the swing bench they had on their front porch and I slowly sat down next to her, “I’m listening…” she mumbled under her breath. I nodded and sighed, trying to figure out what to say exactly, but I figured I had said five minutes, so I should be sure to use all my time to make sure I explained myself right, “Kate—I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have doubted you…I should have realized you were upset, and I defiantly shouldn’t have sided with Lex on your argument with her.” I said, quickly. I then continued, “You are defiantly aloud to be friends with Nick, I just get really protective and…I just felt like it was too good to be true”
She looked at me for the first time now, “what?”
I nodded, “Yeah—I thought that you and me, was too good to be true. I felt like you were too good for me, and I was getting nervous that it wouldn’t last as long as I wanted it too. I should have trusted in you…in us, more…And I apologize for that. Nick cares about you, and I know you care for him—but I should have trusted that you would never do anything behind my back…”
“Yeah” she mumbled, “she should have”
I sighed and noticed she was looking down again. I got off the bench and bent down in front of her so she had to look at me, “Kate…” I noticed something now that I hadn’t noticed before, “you’re…you’re still wearing the necklace” I said, slightly surprised. She nodded, slowly, “well—yeah. I mean I may be extremely upset with you right now, but I’m not exactly ready to throw our whole relationship away…”
The fact that I had thoroughly upset her hit me, sending a shock of pain through my body…but the fact that she had at least some hope in us relived me. I looked at her, and realized I needed to go all out in fixing this. I could no longer wait for the perfect moment in the perfect place to tell her I loved her, I needed to tell her now… I had blown the opportunity to tell her at the perfect time. I looked in her eyes, “Kate…I love you. You are my life now, I would give up anything for you, I would do anything for you, I would give my LIFE for you…please, I know I should have said this earlier I was just to caught up in the conversation to say it right so I didn’t say it at all, I--” I paused and sighed, “I don’t think I could go back to my life before I met you, knowing I could have something so much BEYOND better that it amazes me…I mean, I love everything about you Kate! I love the way you make me feel, the way you laugh, I love the way you blush when I tell you that I care, I love how much you care for your friends and family, I love how much respect you have for the people around you, I love that you aren’t afraid to say how you feel! You don’t understand how much you mean to me!” She stared at me, seeming shocked and uncertain about something.
I sighed, “What can I do? How can I prove to you that I love you? Announce it to the world? Because I will…I’ll do anything”

[---Kate’s POV---]
I sat still, staring at him, overwhelmed and surprised. He stared back at me, waiting for an answer, waiting for me to tell him how he could make it up to me. But he had. It was our first fight, but not exactly a life-changing one. But when I looked in his eyes when he said he loved me, when he explained why he loved me and how much he did, I could see the sincerity blazing inside of him, and I knew he was speaking from his heart, I knew he meant it. He stayed silent and I leaned towards him, practically throwing myself at him, and kissing him. I wrapped my arms around his neck, kissing him passionately, but he was obviously still confused. I felt his arms lock around my waist, straining me closer to him. I let go but we were still as close as before, “I love you” I whispered. He smiled, “I love you too” He kissed me quickly before taking me into his arms and hugging me tightly, I heard him whisper in my ear, “and I always will”

- - - - - -

Nick looked at me, “So…how’d it go with Joe today? I saw him run out the door this morning…” He said, awkwardly. I nodded, slowly, “Yeah—it went well. He’s very convincing when it comes to apologizing” I grinned, replaying him saying he loved me in my head. Nick smiled, “Good…so um, about the—um” he cleared his voice, “about the conversation we had yesterday…when you asked me if I had any feelings for you that weren’t…friend related…and I said” I cut him off, “you said maybe”
He nodded, “So um, should we just forget about that then?” He looked at me. I sighed, “Well you said maybe. If you had said yes this would be a different situation. But it’d be stupid to act on a maybe…”
He nodded again, “so we agree, we should just forget about it…” He mumbled.
I nodded, too “Yeah” We both fell silent—talk about awkward silences.

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

awwwwwwwwwwww poor nick =[

[Cheerleader111]

i agree with allison ]: is it
so hard for kate not to hurt the feelings of
others? haha jk katie O: that was really
good, i loved it. post mores :P

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

more katie =]

[Cheerleader111]

more more more[:

[Zanessa Fan1]

Chapter 14; crowded spaces
[---Joe’s POV---]
The phone rang over and over as I waited for Kate to answer. “Hello?” Her calm and usual voice soothed me, and I leaned back on my bed, “Hey Kate. It’s Joe” I smiled to myself as I said her name. I awaited her response to tell if she was still kind of upset or if things were pretty much back to normal.
“Hey Joe. Hold on, my mom was totally in the middle of a so called crisis when you called me” I heard her laugh quietly, leading me to believe we were okay now. I laughed, “Why? What’s going on?”
She sighed, “Oh—my parents, Lex’s parents and Allison’s parents are going on a trip next week, their leaving late tonight, and their trying to find a place for us to stay. Normally, if my and Allison’s parents left, then we would stay at Lex’s house, and so on and so forth—but since their ALL going, my mom is trying to make arrangements of a place for us to stay so that we will have, and I quote, ‘parental supervision” she laughed, obviously rolling her eyes. I thought for a second, “Well you guys could stay here”
She paused for a moment before speaking, “what?”
“Well yeah—I mean, your parents know my parents well enough that it should be fine” I offered, “I’d have to talk to my mom about it, of course, but I’m sure she’d be on board for it.”
“Um…okay, ill suggest it to my mom. Hold on, ill call you back” She seemed pleased.
I smiled, “Okay bye, love you”
“Love you too, bye” she hung up and I pressed the end button, setting my cell phone down and going downstairs to where my mom was. I quickly explained the situation and my phone call with Kate to her, convincingly until she was 100% for my idea. I smiled running back upstairs so I wouldn’t miss her phone call. It rang about five minutes later and I answered immediately, “Hello?”
“Okay—it took some pleading and reminding her how much id rather be with you than my stupid aunt Florence…BUT, she agreed to it. Um—when should we come over?”
“Umm…”I looked at the clock—which read ‘7:00’. “Whenever”
“Okay well, I have to get Allison and Lex, assuming her parents are on board for this plan, but we should be over there before eight. I grinned, “Okay see you later. Bye”
“Bye”
- - - - - - - -
I held my arms open for her and she slowly sat down next to me. I wrapped my arms around her. I heard my mother speaking now and looked up, away from Kate.
“We have to guest rooms, one in the basement and one upstairs, but one of you will either have to share with one of the others, or sleep on the couch—I’m sorry” she said. Kate rose a hand, “I’ll sleep on the couch” she shrugged. I looked at her, “don’t be stupid…” I looked at my mother now, “I’ll clean my room—Kate can sleep there. I’ll take the couch, she’s the guest after all” My mother seemed pleased with my common courtesy and I smiled, standing up with Kate, “ill show you where it is”

[---Nick’s POV---]
I could kill Joe for offering this. As if it wasn’t awkward enough to have this many people in one house for a week, but if only he knew what was going on in my brain. What me and Kate were so called ‘forgetting’. How I felt…plus, Lex is here, which is already awkward enough without being under the same roof…
The complicated situations were piling up on me, so I guess I really should try and forget that I ever told Kate that I might possibly have feelings for her. I needed to just be friends with her, which I suppose was better than nothing. I watched as Joe held Kate’s hand, leading her up the stairs and felt an odd feeling of jealousy shoot through my veins. I looked at Allison, who was eyeing me curiously and shook my head, signaling for her to drop the subject. I looked at Lex who was sitting in the nearby chair awkwardly.

[---Kate’s POV---]
“Sorry for the mess. I’ll take care of it now” He said, quickly cleaning his room as I walked in. I shrugged, “It’s still cleaner than mine. I really don’t mind.” I looked at him and put my arms around his neck, “You know you really don’t have to do this for me, I mean it is your bed…I really don’t mind the couch”
He shook his head, putting his arms around my waist, “You’re the guest, Kate…”
I smiled at him, “you’re too sweet you know, one of these days I’m going to just take advantage of that to get something I want” I joked. He lifted an arm to stroke my cheek gently, “there’s nothing in the world I wouldn’t give you”
I smiled up at him, “You can’t even imagine how much I love you, you know that?”
He grinned, “Oh—I can do more than imagine. My love for you far surpasses your love for me. But hey, I’m just happy you love me at all” I ran a hand through her hair smoothly, and moved it onto her lower-back.
She shook her head, “No. There couldn’t be a love stronger than my love for you”
His smile grew wider, “I’m not going to argue over which one of us loves the other one more. I already know I love you more than you love me. I mean look at you. Who WOULDN’T love you?”
I rolled my eyes slightly, “yeah yeah yeah, whatever. You’re freaking Joe Jonas. Everyone DOES love you”
He sighed, “No…not in the love way. In the fan way…it’s different.” He grinned down at me and leaned in, kissing me intensely on my lips. His lips were gentle on mine and yet fierce and excited. I separated and looked at him, “You know the longer were up here the more suspicious your mom will become” I pointed out. He laughed, “Yeah—your probably right.” He shook his head, “parents”
I smiled, “Parents” I repeated, rolling my eyes.

[---Allison’s POV---]
There is most defiantly something weird going on here. The second Kate and Joe came back downstairs Nick’s expression changed. His face tightened and his whole body position changed from relaxed, to tense and alert. I watched him carefully in comparison to how Kate and Joe moved, monitoring his expression and Kate’s. There was something in him now that I had never seen before, something in his eyes that wasn’t there the last time I had spoken to him. Something had changed. Kate didn’t seem to notice as much as I had, she seemed to be a bit too happy with Joe to notice that anyone else was even still in the room. Mrs. Jonas had left the room, and we were now going to watch a movie, but I figured it would be more interesting to try and watch them and figure out what the current situation actually was. As Joe sat down on the opposite side of the couch from Nick, I realized things were about to get interesting. It was a given for Kate to sit next to Joe, which would mean sitting in-between him and Nick, obviously. She sat down, willingly and Joe put an arm around her. Joe, Lex, and Kevin’s eyes were all glued to the television screen, intently watching the movie, but as I observed the situation around me, I noticed something odd. Kate looked awkwardly at Nick who was sitting next to her, and he looked back at her. He smiled, sheepishly, but his eyes lit up with excitement when he did. She smiled in return and turned back to the computer screen. I shouldn’t have thought this was weird, because normal friends do this all the time, but the way his eyes lit up…the way his expression changed…I couldn’t get past it. It was a change, and difference from the usual facial expression he held.
I turned back to the television screen, just as something jumped out of the closet. Everyone in the room jumped out of their seats, and Joe automatically put his arms around Kate, kissing the top of her head. As soon as I saw this my eyes shot over to nick, who was watching them, seeming to be holding back a glare. But hey—what do I know, I could be making the whole thing up in my head just to be bringing something interesting into my life. I probably shouldn’t say anything…at least not to anyone besides Nick…considering that it could just be nothing. I looked back at the movie, just as I felt Kevin take my hand gently.

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

awwwwwwwww poor nick.
i really feel sorry for him now =[

[Cheerleader111]

O: allison, i think you may be catching on to something here :P
lol more katie, that was a really good chapter[:

[Zanessa Fan1]

Chapter 15; goodnight
[---Kate’s POV---]
Joe smiled at me again, placing a hand on my waist, “ill see you in the morning. Sleep well” he smiled.
I grinned at him, about to say something, “Yo, Joe…some of us are trying to get upstairs” Nick mumbled, pushing past him up the stairs, “sorry” Joe muttered. He looked back at me, “I’ll see you in the morning, I love you” He grinned at the end of the sentence. I smiled, “I love you too. Goodnight” I kissed him gently and walked past him, up the stairs. As I reached the top step I saw Nick sitting next to the bathroom, on the floor, and walked over next to him, “whatcha’ doin’?” I questioned. He smiled, “I’m just waiting for the bathroom…You having fun yet?” He grinned and turned slightly so he faced me more. I laughed quietly, “Loads of. It’s going to get pretty crowded around here, you know” I pointed out. He nodded, “Yeah I know. It should be an…interesting week” he seemed to struggle for the right word, “Are you, um…okay, today? I mean, you seem different” I mumbled. He looked hesitant, “Umm…yeah—I’m fine, don’t worry about it”
I looked at him, “are you sure? Do you want to talk about it?”
He smiled reassuringly and shook his head, “No I’m fine. Really” He put a hand on mine to convince me but immediately pulled away, looking away from me now, “Um…okay”
The bathroom door opened and Allison came out, looking at us suspiciously as she walked by. Nick stood up and I smiled, “see you in the morning” He nodded and I stood up, walking into Joe’s room, and closing the door behind me. I laid down relaxing quickly at the relieving and common smell that I was used to from when I was close to Joe. I closed my eyes and turned on my side, drifting off into a deep and dreamless sleep.

[---Nick’s POV---]
“Good morning” Allison said, nearly skipping down the stairs. I laughed quietly, “good morning. Early riser?” She nodded, “Yeah. Is everyone else still sleeping?” I nodded.
I looked at her, “do you want some cereal or something?” she shrugged, “sure”
I handed her a bowl and the corn-pops box I had been pouring myself breakfast out of. “So there’s something I’ve been wanting to talk to you about” she murmured. I looked up from my bowl at her, “Yeah?”
She sat down across the counter and looked at me, “What’s going on with you…and Kate?” she asked me, hesitantly. My eyes widened slightly, “what do you mean?”
“Well you seem different. You seem happier when she’s around—except when she’s around cause she’s with Joe, in which case you seem upset somehow” She explained the situation as she had evaluated it so far.
I stared at her in amazement and astonishment, confused and unsure on what to say to her, “umm…”I cleared my throat, “nothing’s going on with me and Kate…I have no idea what you’re talking about”
She rose an eyebrow at me, “mhmm, sure” she spoke with obvious sarcasm and my eyes remained wide as I stared at her. I realized this and looked down at my cereal, taking another bite of it.
“You like her, don’t you?” her eyes glistened as she figured out what she thought was obvious.
“Yeah. As a friend, a best friend actually. But that’s it” I lied. It was obvious. She looked unconvinced, “yeah right nick. Don’t worry I’m not going to tell Joe, I just want to know what’s going on!”
“And now you do. Nothing is going on” I stood up, putting my empty bowl in the sink.
I walked towards the stairs to go get dressed and get out of my pajamas, “this isn’t over!” she yelled after me.
I laughed and spoke over my shoulder as I walked up the stairs, “oh—but it is”

[---Joe’s POV---]
I walked down the stairs, singing quietly to myself, “I’m hot…your cold, you go around like you know, who I am, but you don’t, you’ve got me on my toes…” I looked up to see Kate sitting, already dressed as well, on the couch reading a magazine. I smiled sitting next to her immediately and putting an arm around her shoulders, “Good Morning” I spoke softly into her ear, in a whispered tone. She smiled, setting the magazine, now closed, on the table next to her and looking at me, “good morning” I kissed her gently and quickly, “How’d you sleep?” I smiled. She grinned, “Very well—thank you. Hopefully the couch wasn’t too terribly uncomfortable for you” she pouted slightly. I looked at her and moved a hair behind her ear, “it was fine. I’m used to uncomfortable sleeping…you should see the beds on our tour bus” I grinned at her, jokingly. She smiled, laughing faintly. “So—what do you want to do today?” I asked her.
She paused for a moment, appearing to be thinking deeply, “I have no idea” she concluded, nodding and smiling at me. She laughed, “You can decide”
I paused before standing up, “do you want to just go for a walk or something? I’m fresh out of ideas” I grinned, only kind of joking with her. She nodded, “sure” she stood up and Nick walked down the stairs.
I smiled, “Hey bro” He didn’t look at me, just walked and sat down in a chair, grabbing his guitar, “Hi”
Kate smiled at him, “Morning Nick…writing a new song?” she guessed.
He looked at her. Sure, looks up for her but not his own brother… He smiled, “Yeah. How’d you know?”
She shrugged, “Lucky guess—I suppose. Will you play it for me, later tonight?” she asked standing up and backing over to where I was, my hand on the front doorknob, obviously waiting so we could leave and be alone again. Nick smiled, “Yeah—defiantly.” He looked at me now, figuring out that we’d leave, and looked back at Kate, “Have fun” She laughed quietly and smiled, “Thanks. See you later”
I nodded at my brother, “Later, man” I held the door open for her and closed the door behind her.

[Zanessa Fan1]

sorry that's really short. should i post another one?

[Cheerleader111]

O: you posted! yayyy yeah, if you
want my honest opinon, i say you should post
another one :P hehehe

kk im gonna read this one first though before
commenting [:

[Cheerleader111]

awhh kate is obviously hurting nick
i don't like your character katie :P haha no, jk[:
i liked that chapter, i laughed on allison's pov :P

[Zanessa Fan1]

ill post it just cause i love you, and its a HUGE cliff hanger on the next one which shall please me, to leave tonight with that as the last thing up :P ill post it. muhahaha! xD

[Zanessa Fan1]

Chapter 16; you’re my weakness
[---Kate’s POV---]
I knocked on his door and waited patiently. Nothing. I knocked again, I saw him go in there, he had to hear me. Just then he opened the door, and smiled, “Hey. What’s up?” I tilted my head at him, “you promised you would play me part of the song you were writing, and I have always thought you are a man who keeps his promises…” I smiled, jokingly. He nodded, seeming relatively mesmerized by something, but I decided to disregard it. He stepped out of the way and I walked into his room. He closed the door behind me, “I don’t want anyone else to hear it. It’s not finished yet, but I figure since you asked nicely and I DID say I would let you…that I’d play a little bit for you” He smiled, sincerely at me and I grinned, “cool—thanks. Don’t worry, I wont tell anyone” He nodded, thankfully and grabbed his guitar, strumming a few notes, obviously reminding himself of the feel of this new song. I smiled and he looked at me, “You know I generally wouldn’t let anyone except my brothers hear a song until I’m finished. Not even my parents” He pointed out. I rose my eyebrows, “Seriously? No one?” I asked, slightly astonished. He looked at me, “seriously” he nodded, smiling.
I squinted, “and why am I an exception to that?” I asked him.
He smiled, shrugging slightly, “Ehh—you’re my weakness” He said, honestly.
My heart fluttered slightly as he smiled at me and I looked at the floor. This feeling was wrong. I love Joe more than anyone in the whole world, I would give anything for him, I would DO anything to be with him, and I am extremely lucky to be with him—I understand all of this. But a part of me, even though it is a smaller part, still a part of me longs for these moments. Part of me call’s this name, not Joe’s, when I am in distress or scared or upset. Part of me wants this—but I cannot have both…and I do remember that this part is the smaller part of me, so it is only logical to ignore it for as long as I have to until it disappears completely. Nick stayed quiet, “Um…sorry” he mumbled.
I shook my head looking at him, “no don’t apologize. It’s sweet.” I grinned and he smiled slightly.
“So…I’m your weakness, huh?” I asked, happily, making this conversation positive again.
He shrugged, “I can’t help it. You asked me to play it for you; my brain wouldn’t let me say no to you. So…here we go” He strummed a note on the guitar and began singing and playing.

[---Nick’s POV---]
I finished what I had written of this new inspired song and looked at her, hesitantly awaiting her reaction.
She stared at me, “That was beautiful, Nick. Oh my god…”
I smiled slightly, “Really…?”
She nodded over and over again, “Yes…Nick that was possibly the most amazing song I’ve heard in my entire life. I mean your other songs are amazing too, but that was just…” I sighed, letting my voice trail off.
I looked at her, laughing quietly, “wow…thanks. It was um—I probably shouldn’t be telling you this—but it was about…” I paused, “It was about you”
She looked up abruptly at me, “About…me?” I nodded, “Yeah”
She smiled, blushing slightly, “Wow…that’s…wow” She shook her head, still smiling though. It relived me that she didn’t leave now. That she wasn’t so incredibly uncomfortable by me telling her this that she had to leave. She was actually—smiling. This seemed to please her more than I thought it would and I was happy I had decided to tell her. Just then I heard a knock at the door, “Nick I want to continue our conversation from earlier…” I heard Allison say. My eyes widened, “she’s so going to get the wrong idea” I mumbled to myself. I looked at Kate, whispering, “hide in my closet”
She looked at me, confused, “huh?”
I stood up and pushed he towards my closet, “just trust me, leave it a crack open ill send you a hint on when you can go…hurry” She nodded, trusting me and hid quietly in the closet. I immediately opened the door and looked at Allison, who pushed her way in. “you know something Nick—for someone in your situation, you handle yourself relatively well” she said, calmly sitting down in my desk chair, facing my back wall. When she was looking at my desk I winked at Kate who immediately, yet quietly, snuck out my door and down the hallway without Allison noticing. I sighed, “Thank god” I whispered to myself. Allison looked up, “Huh?”
“Nothing” I smiled, innocently.

[---Allison’s POV---]
“So…you want to tell me honestly now, what’s going on with you? I feel out of the loop. Like everyone knows something is going on that I don’t know about. I’m not going to go telling anyone, I swear—I just like knowing information. And the fact that you don’t want to tell me, only makes me want to know more” I smirked, completely serious with him. Nick sighed and sat down on his bed, “and I swear that there is nothing go on with me! I don’t know what you think you are seeing but your obviously seeing this that aren’t really there…” He lied. It was an obvious lie, but good attempt. I tilted my head, “Nice try—but I don’t buy it…you’re going to tell me eventually, you know. I can feel it building up inside of you. You do WANT tot ell someone, but your afraid. You know you’re not as mysterious as you think, Nick. I’m pretty good at reading people” I smiled and he pointed to the door, “out, Allison. Come back when you have actual proof of something going on” He rolled his eyes slightly, but I could see the truth burning inside of his chest.
I smirked and stood up, “You’ll tell me” I said, quietly as I exited the door. And he would, in a matter of time.

[---Kate’s POV---]
“Hey Joe” I smiled as I walked down the stairs. He looked up immediately, “Hey, where you going?” he asked, noticing me heading towards the front door. “Oh, I need to go get something I forgot from my house, ill be back in just a few minutes”
“Oh—well, do you want me to come with you? I mean, its getting late. It’s pretty dark out…” he hesitated.
I shook my head, “Nah ill be fine, I’m a big girl.” I joked; “I’ll be right back” I smiled and walked out the door, closing it behind me. I walked down the street slowly, and looked up to see a few bikes coming down the sidewalk ahead of me. I stepped off the sidewalk with ease so they could pass me, just to realize I had dropped my house key as I got off the sidewalk, “****” I mumbled to myself. I bent down automatically, feeling and looking around at the dark pavement in the pitch black air, trying to find the key. I suddenly felt something ahead of me. I leaned forward and grabbed it, “Yes”
I looked up almost immediately at the sight of the headlights. Only inches away from me, the time passed slowly—and yet, I couldn’t find the will to move. It moved towards me, honking at the last second as if I would have time to move, but it was too late. My only instinct was to throw my arms in front of my face and close my eyes, so I did. And for a split second, I waited. I caught my breath and found the words at the last second that I had been searching for while these frames froze in front of me, and I shrieked it at the top of my lungs, “JOE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

[Cheerleader111]

ohmygod i just have to say this:
1) allison's pov is freaking hilarious :P i started laughing when
she was all "you'll tell me..." she's so funny[:

& 2) what is with you and your main characters getting hit by cars!? O:
i swear, someone always gets hit by a car, and it scares me because
i think one day you're going to kill a very nice character off
now you know you have to post more tonight, i can NOT believe you
think you will actually leave here alive without posting another chapter

oh and 3) oh no nick did not just write a song about kate :P traitor xD

[Zanessa Fan1]

sorry allisons pov is so short. its longer on word when i type it, but then this page is wider so it makes it shorter---idk it seemed longer on word :P lex i need to go soon...ill respond to the rpgs one more but then i g2g. im gunna get in trouble, its 12:30 almost and i have a doctors appointment in the morning apparently.....again. hopefully they wont prick my finger again. bye-bye people! ill post sometime tomarow or the next day ;)
---muhahaha!---

[Zanessa Fan1]

wow. no more comments. cant post then :P

[Cheerleader111]

i can count as three people i suppose, i dont mind
since you're so eager to post. like, now :21:

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

ahhh reading next chapter!
Uhh not sure what number it was bt the one at the top of this page,
LOVED IT!
Nick is a bad liar xD

Ok reading next chapter

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

holy freaking pineapple!
POST MORE!
like uhh now

[Cheerleader111]

hahaha allison, you make me laugh :P
“...you’re going to tell me eventually, you know. I can feel it building up inside of you. You do WANT tot ell someone, but your afraid. You know you’re not as mysterious as you think, Nick. I’m pretty good at reading people”

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

hahahahah i try

[Cheerleader111]

& you most definitely succeed :P

[Zanessa Fan1]

stop spamming this you guys :P jk its fine... but idk if i want to post yet or if im going to wait for miss lex...

[Cheerleader111]

nah i'm sure you have the urge to post :P

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

wait for lex?
HAH!
no...post

[Cheerleader111]

that wasn't humorous allison :P

[Zanessa Fan1]

should i post? Lex isnt on and i have to get ready for my concert, so i dont see the point xD

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

Have fun at your concert!

[Zanessa Fan1]

ill post later. im not on the computer where i have them typed right now. but when i get on there later ill post ;)

[danadog75]

good! i just started reading it a few days ago and im almost caught up, its really good! i love it!

[Cheerleader111]

[: moooore?

[Zanessa Fan1]

lex what is the last chapter i posted? im too lazy to look. if you tell me ill post ;)

[Cheerleader111]

chapter sixteen & kate got hit by
a car[:

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

:o Katie!
Joe smiled at you!
Lucky goose =]
I bet your life is complete xD

[Zanessa Fan1]

Chapter 17; trapped in a state of mind
[---Joe’s POV---]
I heard a muffled scream from outside the open window and looked away from the television almost immediately. I stood up, stopping the TV and shrugging into my jacket to go investigate. I looked out the door…I saw nothing. I walked outside, closing the door behind me, and walking down the sidewalk until I saw a stopped truck with the headlights turned off. I walked cautiously over towards it, looking around the trees in front of me to try and get a clear look of what was hidden by the dark sky. When I finally caught a glimpse of why the truck was stopped, I switched automatically from my casual walk, to a drastic run.
I bent down beside the still body that was sprawled across the cold pavement and ripped my jacket off. I lifted her up quickly, placing my jacket around her. I knew she wasn’t conscious, so the cold most likely wasn’t bothering her, and probably was not what I should worry about, but at this exact moment, I needed to do something, and that was all I could do. I grabbed her gently but abruptly, pulling her into my arms and wrapping my arms securely but gently around her. I looked at the man standing by the truck as he inched his way back towards it. “Don’t even think about it! Call 911…if you leave, ill find you…” I warned.
He backed quickly into the truck, pulling around me, and driving quickly down the street. I could have run or forced myself to see the license plate, but the only thing I really cared about right now was Kate. And making sure she was alright. I couldn’t leave now. I reached in my pocket and felt around. Dang—the one time I don’t have my phone on me. I yelled at the top of my lungs, “HELP!!! Someone please!!! Call 911!” I waited…nothing. I repeated the yell quickly and still got nothing in return. I thought quickly and sighed, looking at her empty, expressionless face. The cuts on her body distracted me for a moment and I closed my eyes, forcing myself not to think about it. I gently picked her up, swinging her legs over one arm and holding her close to my chest as I ran back towards my house. I kicked the door as a knock and quickly saw Allison’s face appear as it opened, “Joe…what the…” her eyes moved to where Kate was, “what happened?”
“Move” I demanded, pushing past her. I set Kate down gently on the couch and yelled at Allison over my shoulder, “Call 911” She grabbed the phone, dialing quickly and speaking frantically into the phone, “I…I don’t know” She handed me the phone, “What?” I asked, “Yeah…um, I found her in the street, the guy in the truck drove away almost instantly, but she was obviously hit…” I handed Allison back the phone for her to give the address and contact information, and turned back to Kate. I stared at her, feeling tears building up pressure against my eyes, wanting to break free and fall down my cheeks. I held them back for as long as I could see possible, until they finally began to fall. They fell at a steady rate, but I was careful not to let Allison see me. I stroked Kate’s soft hair, impatiently waiting the ambulances arrival. Just then I heard multiple footsteps on the stairs, “What’s going on?” I heard Kevin’s voice quietly entering the room along with a few others. I heard a small gasp and Lex was suddenly next to me, “what the hell happened!?” she yelled. I heard Nick’s faint voice behind the rest. Kevin, Allison, Lex and I had formed a full circle around Kate’s motionless body and Nick stood behind us, “what’s going on?” he pushed his way passed Allison and stared at me, then at Kate.

[---Nick’s POV---]
I stared at her, the cuts and bruises that jumped out at me from her pale skin. I couldn’t find my words or even the will to speak as I examined her. I looked at Joe now, whose eyes seemed to be locked on Kate, and looked back at her. I didn’t understand. She had never done anything wrong; she had done nothing to deserve this. I know people say life isn’t fair, but how unfair can it be? Her face was innocent—broken. Her eyelids gently covered what I guessed had been fear-stricken eyes. I closed mine, trying to block out the rest of the world as I searched for answers. It seemed impossible to me that this could happen—like a terrible dream, or nightmare, not real life. If god tested people’s limits, was this a test of how strong she was—or, in fact, a test of how strong the rest of us were? My eyes opened again and I ran a hand down the bottom of her arm, until I reached a large bruise. I stared at it shaking my head and sighing quietly, just as I heard a siren approaching. I looked at Joe, his face more broken than I had ever seen before, and yet—I couldn’t look away from him. As they put Kate on a stretcher, I forced myself not to look at her. It pained me to watch her in such a helpless state, so I refused to even look at her. Instead I remained looking at my brother. I had never seen him cry before. I had seen him upset, angry—furious actually—but he never let anyone see him this genuinely heart-broken. But at this moment, his tear stained face stared motionlessly at the ambulance. It made my heart ache, watching my brother—realizing that I had actually considered trying to take her from him. He loved her more than I had ever seen someone love someone else—so much that it amazed me.
However, even though I saw how much HE loved Kate…a part of me still wanted her. In fact—not a part of me. ALL of me wanted her for mine. I wanted to protect her from things like this, hold her hand when she was in pain. I looked over my shoulder as the ambulance closed the backdoors and began to drive. Kevin quickly got in his car and waited for the rest of us so we could rush to the hospital to get as much information as possible. I froze in my current spot, so confused that it made me sick to my stomach. My heart ached for her company. I was torn between the girl my heart wanted, and the fact that she belonged to my brother.
I couldn’t deal with this now; I needed to get to the hospital. This right now, was the least of my problems.
I hopped in the car with Joe and Kevin bolted down the street, towards the closest hospital possible.

[---Kate’s POV---]
Cold…empty…lonely… I couldn’t get my body to move. It was as if I had lost control of all my emotions and senses. All I could do was listen. I could hear the frantic voices around me, and the rushing of the ambulance and siren. I could hear my thoughts, yelling—SCREAMING—trying to escape my mouth, but I couldn’t. I tried everything, but my mouth wouldn’t budge. I tried to open my eyes, to at least see who I was with, if I saw anyone or anything I recognized, but I couldn’t. I was trapped…trapped in a confusing, and frustrating state of mind, where I was alone in a dark room, with nothing but my own thoughts and memories to keep me company. The only other thing I had was pain. I could unfortunately feel the pain of the bruises, cuts, and scrapes that covered my body—not to mention the pain of the memory of the speeding truck, slamming into my at what had to be at least 10 miles above the speed-limit. Suddenly the siren stopped—we must have gotten to the hospital faster than I had expected. I sighed on the inside of me, at the comfort of knowing I would soon be in a hospital bed, with people trying to help me. Trying to let me out of this dark empty room I seemed to be locked in, inside my brain. My only hope was that nothing was seriously wrong with me.
I soon felt the gently feeling of an actual bed underneath me, instead of the stretcher. I heard the frantic sounds of doctors and nurses rushing around and around me, in and out of—what sounded like—the door.
I heard a familiar voice outside the door, once only a few doctors were in with me. I still didn’t even know my diagnoses, obviously, since they had no way of knowing what was going on in my brain at the moment.
The voice soothed my pain and I listened more carefully to the conversation just outside the door.
“You don’t understand—you have to let me in there. I’m practically the next of kin, I mean come on—I’m her boyfriend, she was staying at my house—her parents aren’t here. I’m the next best thing…I need to know what’s going on” He insisted, demandingly.
I could hear the doctor’s uncertainty, obvious to his tone, “I am only aloud to give this information out to blood relative’s, son. She isn’t married to you, so you have no connection in the hospital’s eye for us to have to give you information. I’m sorry, rules are rules”
I heard Joe sigh, but he continued, “Please…doctor, I’m begging you. I’ll do anything. I just need to know if she’s going to be okay, you can spare me the nasty details…”
I heard the doctor’s unwilling voice finally give in to Joe’s persuasiveness, “Ms. Wright seems to have a number of bruises on her left side, we guess that is the way that the truck hit…there aren’t any serious wounds from bruises or cuts…” he paused, “except…”
I heard Joe’s frantic voice now full of worry, “except…what?”
The doctor sighed, “She appears to have had extreme contact on her head from the hit, and again when she hit the pavement, on the left lobe there appears to be a small bump. We don’t know what it means yet, that’s why there are still people examining her, but if it’s what we think it is…” he sighed, “she could not wake up”
Joe was silent for longer than I had expected and I heard his faint voice crack as he spoke, “ever?”
The doctor spoke with grief, “I’m sorry son. That’s all we know right now. I’ll get back to you if we find out exactly what’s going on with her. She has enough brain activity that we think she might be somewhat aware of what’s going on, but we cannot be sure until we run a few texts and MRI’s of her skull damage”
I wanted to see Joe’s face, I wanted to tell him I’d be alright, but I didn’t even know that. I was screaming now louder than ever. HELLO!!!???? I’m right here! I’m fine! Please, someone help me!
I was driving myself crazy in my mind, as if I was in a padded cell with no escape route.

[---Joe’s POV---]
I cringed. This could not be happening. I wasn’t a fool…I knew that if this had been just a hunch, he wouldn’t even have thought to tell me about it. He had to at least have a strong feeling that this is the case; otherwise he wouldn’t worry me with it. I knew enough that if she had strong enough brain damage to make her unconscious for a long time, it would kill her. They wouldn’t keep her here forever…waiting, eventually they would have to un-plug the medical technology that was holding her with us, and I would loose her.
I wouldn’t…I COULDN’T go to a life of emptiness. My hollow heart longing to see her blush, too have her smile at me, to kiss her soft lips one last time. I closed my eyes for a moment, blocking the negative thoughts out of my mind, “Um...when you’re done. Will you let me see her?” I asked the doctor, not making eye contact. I heard his hesitant voice, full of sympathy now. He sighed, “I suppose so”
I nodded, “thank you” I watched the doctor disappear into the room. I spun around and sat down in a chair next to Nick, who had obviously been listening, and watched the television’s news. The story made me nearly growl out of rage. We mine as well just live under a microscope. I listened anyway…
“A miss Katharine Wright, girlfriend to well known Jonas Brother, Joe Jonas—has been rushed the hospital after seeming to be in a very serious car accident…All three Jonas Brothers arrived at the hospital only minutes after her arrival, and it would seem that Ms. Wright is currently in a state of unconsciousness, unaware of the situation around her. That’s all we have on this for now, you can go to our website for more information and details on the accident. Jeffery—back to you”
I snorted, rolling my eyes and turning away from the television, shaking my head. The LAST thing I wanted was reporters showing up here, using this as some sort of low publicity for me and my brothers.
I looked at Nick whose face shared the same disgusted expression as mine did. I couldn’t let this get to me.
I had bigger and better things to worry about, I couldn’t loose her. I WOULD NOT let that happen.

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

ohhh sadness.
Although I am looking forward to a Joe vs. Reporters smack down.
That would be entertaining!
post more!

[Cheerleader111]

that chapter was so unbelievingly sad]:

[Zanessa Fan1]

it was supposed to be :P ill post after you do lex ;)

[Cheerleader111]

Ooo if that's a promise, then i'll post really soon :P

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

-cough-
POST NOW LEX!
I want to read more...
now preferably

[Zanessa Fan1]

it is a promise ;) i already know your supposedly typing right now, so make it quick XD haha jk, i just am excited that your going to post at all. :P

[Cheerleader111]

i posted i posted[: whooo!
sorry, i logged off to type really fast :P

[Zanessa Fan1]

Chapter 18; grief and rage
[---Joe’s POV---]
I awoke still in the same chair I had fallen asleep in, only to see doctor’s frantically running in and out of her hospital room, frantic and worried looks on their faces. I stood up almost immediately, and looked to Nick for information, only to find that he was still asleep. I looked at the clock, it was nearly three a.m. in the morning, I had only managed to stay asleep for a little over two hours. I ran to her door and waited for the next person to run out and stepped in front of them, “what’s going on?”
The shook their head, obviously signaling either that they didn’t have time to tell me, or weren’t aloud too—or both. I stepped out of their way and they ran after the others, into a testing room. The doctor from before came out now and walked over to me, “Good morning, Mr. Jonas” he said, courteously, with a small joking tone in his voice—his face however, remained serious and worried. I sighed, “What changed? When I fell asleep it was calm, they were running tests…now they are running into supply and testing rooms…”
The man sighed, “Well…one of the tests we ran read that she had no apparent brain activity, so based on this we added to her pain killers a small dosage of a medicine that should increase what a brain notices, what it can pick up on, hopefully it would get us more brain waves, and some hope of her coming back to us sooner, however, when we gave it to her, her brain appeared to loose the few brain activity signals we had picked up on…” he explained. I stared at him in astonishment, “wait—what? What does that mean?” I demanded.
He sighed again, “Well—there must have been more brain activity than the test had picked up on, sometimes this will happen, If you give the medicine to increase the activity, when it is already there, it can have a reverse effect and lower the activity rate—in this case, causing Ms. Wright to go into full unconsciousness, no longer having the few senses we had picked up on…” his voice trailed off.
I squinted, glaringly at him, “So basically, you made it WORSE, then?” I said my voice full of rage and grief.
He sighed, “Mr. Jonas, I’m sorry. We are doing all we can to help her…”
I shook my head, sitting back down in my chair, and resting my face in my hands. I heard him disappear back into her room, yelling an order at the nurses. I looked through the window at her, cords attached to nearly every part of her. I stared at the doctors in there, running tests non-stop. “Please” I said quietly, but as if they could hear me, “be gentle with her…” I felt a tear fall down my cheek as I looked at her unusually pale skin. “Please…” I turned so my back was against the wall, and slid down it slowly until I sat on the cold floor, leaning against the wall. I clasped my hands together and closed my eyes, speaking to god as best as I could.
“Please…don’t take her from me. It’s not her time…it can’t be her time…she’s so young, she’s such an innocent person—victim. Please help her. For me. I need her…more than I’ve ever needed anyone before, but I’m sure you know that better than anyone. Please, God. I need you to do this for me…” my prayer seemed never-ending; as if I was persuading him to spare her, as if this was helping. But I had nothing else I could do, and I couldn’t just sit and do nothing. So I prayed…and I prayed…and I prayed some more.
I heard someone above me, “Mr. Jonas”
I quickly stopped praying and stood up, whipping away my tears to look at him, “yes?”
It was a different doctor, defiantly a young doctor, just out of school. I didn’t care; I just waited for him to tell me what he had come to say. “We have picked up on something…She appears to be back to where she was previous to our medicine we gave her…we are re-running some tests to figure out where to go next, so if you’d like to…you can go see her now. Keep it short, and please—we don’t know how much she can hear, but in my view…everything helps. So…talk to her, you never know what might give her the will to come back” He smiled, supportively, and walked past me, with the others, back into the test room.
I hesitantly opened her door, closing it quietly behind me. I looked at her broken body, and closed my eyes, sighing quietly to myself. I walked to the chair next to her and pulled it closer, sitting down in it. I gently took her hand in mine and kissed it, “Kate…its Joe. I love you…I hope you know that.” Seeing her, talking to her, holding her hand in mine, it got to me more than I had prepared myself for. Tears burst through my eyes even though I tried to hold them back. I sniffed, still speaking, even though you could hear my sorrow through my words. “Kate, please…you can’t leave me…” Another tear fell, “I don’t know what I would do without you…I don’t even want to have to consider that. I don’t plan on ever letting you out of my life so don’t you do this…don’t you leave me…” I couldn’t speak now, the tears had begun and I couldn’t stop them. They fell freely and I whipped them with my sleeve as quickly as possible, so not to get any of them on her. I sang through my tears once they died down to a slow and steady rate, “your eyes, as we said our goodbyes
can't get them out of my mind, and I find I can't hide (From) your eyes, the ones that took me by surprise , the night you came Into My Life ,Where There's Moonlight ,I See Your Eyes …
how'd I let you slip away, when I’m longing so to hold you, now I'd die for one more day , 'cause there's something I should have told you, yes there's something I should have told you…
when I looked into your eyes, why does distance make us wise? You were the song all along
and before the song dies, I should tell you I should tell you, I have always loved you
you can see it in my eyes!” [Song credit à http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTvGezS-x6Q (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTvGezS-x6Q) from RENT]
I paused, as if waiting for something, and heard a faint sound escape from her, almost a gasp. My eyes widened and I gripped her hand tighter, staring at her, “Kate, baby…I love you. Please, come back to me. Give me something, come on…”
I saw her lips move slightly, “joe…” all I heard was her faint voice, if it wasn’t so late and there were more people in the lobby, I probably wouldn’t even have heard her, but I did—and my heart pounded quickly in my chest. I smiled, absentmindedly, “I’m here…I’m here…I wont leave you, I promise. You’re going to be okay.” I spoke almost as softly as her, but I knew she could hear me. “DOCTOR!” I yelled now, hoping one of them would hear me and come in—which they did. I got more than I had asked for. Three doctors--two of which I recognized and one brain specialist—came in and looked at me, “what is it?”
“She said my name” I told them.
The doctor attempted to push past me and I gripped her hand tightly, “I told her I’d stay. I’m not leaving her” I insisted. The young doctor from before moved around me as he gave her more pain meds, “Katharine…can you hear me?”
I saw her nod slowly and unwillingly and smiled to myself, out of relief.
The doctor looked at her, “Katharine, can you speak or open your eyes for me? I need to see how much you are capable of…” he explained. Kate opened her mouth slowly, “how much wood would a wood-chuck chuck if a wood-chuck could chuck wood” she said, weakly. I laughed quietly to myself, grinning. That was the girl I loved. I looked at the doctor for a reaction, but he merely smiled, obviously not nearly as amused as I was and although you couldn’t see it on her face—I knew she was laughing on the inside.
“Can you not open your eyes, Katharine?” the doctor asked. She spoke softly; “It hurts…” slowly she managed to open her eyes, look at him, then at me, and then close them again. The doctor seemed relieved by this and smiled, “good…very good. You seem to be making a rather amazing recovery. You must have a fan upstairs” he said, shaking his head. I smiled at this comment and looked at him as he continued, “We are giving you more pain medication, you will need to stay here for about a week for recovery, and we may need to run a few x-rays, you appeared to have sprained your left arm…” he paused, “however, you should be fine for the rest of the week, tell us when you start to hurt again so we can give you more medicine for it…it may make you exceptionally tired however, so if you would like visitor time you’ll need to let us know when so we can give you a lower dosage of the medicine” he finished. She swallowed, “visitor time…now” she whispered. He nodded and walked out of the room. I smiled and kissed her forehead gently, “Thank God”

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[Cheerleader111]

katie, you are the most amazing writer i've ever met]:
that chapter made me cry so much[: i absolultely loved
it[: post more sighh

[Zanessa Fan1]

cry? dont lie lex :P it did not make you cry. xD
lying is bad. haha.

[Zanessa Fan1]

kay im posting cause lex said she post again tonight if someone else did. so here it goes

[Zanessa Fan1]

Chapter 19; visitor hours
[---Nick’s POV---]
I woke up and looked to the left of me. It appeared that Joe was already awake and had gone somewhere. I stood up and walked to the window of her hospital room, peaking inside to see if I could find out anything. I saw Joe sitting in a chair next to her bed. I couldn’t believe what my eye’s saw next. Her eyes were…open. And she was…talking. Not very often, but still—occasionally. I pushed the door open with out any hesitation and stared at her, eyes widened, “you’re…” I paused and sighed of relief, “you’re awake” I sat down in an extra chair, overwhelmingly relieved. Joe smiled and stood up, “I’ll let you too talk. Kate, do you want me to get you anything to eat?” he asked, smiling at her. She smiled, but shook her head in a small motion, allowing her not to move her neck very much. He nodded and smiled as he walked past me, out the door. I moved to where Joe had sat, and placed my hand gently on her’s, “hey…” I grinned, “How are you feeling?”
She smiled at me, “great nick. I was hit by a truck ten hours ago and I’m in the hospital, but I’m fantastic” the sarcasm was obvious. I rolled my eyes, “you’re obviously okay enough to find your sarcasm…”
She shrugged. I smiled, “You know you really scared me, Kate. Joe must have found you and brought you back to the house or something, because when I came down those stairs, you were just…there. Lying motionless” I felt a chill go down my spine as I re-lived the moment. She smiled and turned her hand over, under-neath mine, intertwining her fingers with mine. “I’m fine, Nick” she insisted, “don’t worry about me”
The warmth of her hand touching mine overwhelmed me, I mean—I knew she was just trying to comfort me, but it made my heart skip into overtime. I grinned at her, “you can’t just make me not worry about you, until you are 110% better and out of this place, I don’t think any of us will stop worrying” I said, honestly.
She shrugged, “I guess it’s to be expected.” She smiled and we both fell silent for a moment, “So…um, have you talked to Lex?” she asked me, looking hesitant. I snorted, “Hah! I tried and she nearly bit my head off. I don’t think she’s ever going to get over this. And then there’s Allison…” I mumbled.
She looked at me, “oh yeah! I totally forgot, what was that about? What conversation did she want to continue?” She laughed, jokingly.
I rolled my eyes, “Every time it’s just me and her alone, she brings up how I’m quote ‘looking at you differently when your with Joe’ and stuff like that” I shook my head, as if this observation Allison had made was totally un-true and ridiculous. It, of course, wasn’t—but Kate didn’t need to know that. She tilted her head to the right slightly, “And um…” she looked away from me for the first time now, “This isn’t true?”
I searched for a tone in her voice to recognize. I couldn’t see her face so I couldn’t figure out her mood to this news by that, so I replayed her voice in my head. Guilt? Was that it? Or maybe…disappointment? That didn’t make sense. I should really stop trying to make myself believe she felt the same way that I did. I stayed quiet for a few more moments and decided to respond only semi-truthfully, “Well…kind of. I can’t help it…but, it’s not as obvious or as big a deal as it was before. I’m getting better at ignoring it, I think” I mumbled the last part. She stayed looking away, “well you shouldn’t need to ignore it, it just shouldn’t bother you…” she whispered quietly, under her breath. I nodded, and looked down, “I know—I know. You love my brother, I’m moving on, Kate, really I am…don’t worry about it” I lied, convincingly.
She looked at me and I saw that there were small tears in her eyes, “I don’t want to hurt you”
Now I felt bad. She was in the hospital, broken to pieces, and here I was putting all this guilt and pressure on her. I probably shouldn’t have told her, I shouldn’t have brought it up—at least not right now. I put both of my hands on her right one, holding it tight, “Kate—don’t feel bad. It’s not your fault, its mine. I let my emotions get way too out of control. You’re just doing what’s best for you and Joe, and probably for me too, I don’t know. I’ll get past it, we’ll still be friends. You’re possibly the best friend I’ve ever had, that may seem impartial considering my situation, but really, you are. And I won’t let that change…ever. Don’t worry about me, really—I’ll be fine” I promised. She smiled at me, her tears completely evaporated now. I let go of her hands, “I should probably go back out there and spread the good news, now…” I grinned.

[---Joe’s POV---]
I knocked on the door, walking in slowly. I smiled, “Kate, I brought you some water. I don’t know if you want it or not…” I hesitated; she nodded and held her hand out. I handed it to her and she seemed to choke it down even faster than id expected. Nick stood up, “Well I’ll let you two talk…” he said, seeming hesitant and disappointed, but I couldn’t seem to figure out why. Kate nodded at him and Nick walked past me, out the door. I sat back down in the chair, taking her hand back into mine, “So…are you tired? I mean, I can tell them to give you more medicine or something…” She held up her hand, shaking her head, “No…I want to be with you. I feel much better when you’re here with me” she insisted.
This made me grin at her, “Well I won’t leave. I’ll get a magazine or something and read it while you sleep, heck maybe ill get in a nap” I joked.
She smiled, “Maybe in a little bit. I don’t want to have to close my eyes right now, I’m too happy to be seeing your face again to let it go away”
I smiled, “what hurts…?” I asked, changing the subject suddenly.
She smiled slightly, “Basically everything” she laughed quietly.
I lifted her hand, “does…this hurt?” I asked, kissing her hand gently. She smiled and nodded.
I grinned, “where else does it hurt? I’ll try and make it better…”
She moved to a spot a little bit further up her arm and pointed to it. I smiled and kissed the spot gently.
I watched her carefully as she placed a finger on her perfect lips. I smiled to myself and leaned over her, pressing my lips against her’s gentler than before, but with the heat of my excitement burning to come out of me. I whispered against her lips, “better?” I looked into her eyes, watching as her eyes lit up and she nodded.
I smiled, “Good”

[Cheerleader111]

it DID make me cry! it was sooo good
& i can't even say it was sad, it was just extremely
happy & GOSH it made me cry! is that a crime now!? :P

*edit[:
Ooo you posted, i have to read now[:

[Cheerleader111]

aww that was unbelievingly cute right there[:

aww but now i feel bad for nick]:
this is soo sad, i feel bad for nick all sad and everything
but katie and joe are unbelievingly cute & i want nick
and kate but gosh i can't believe this story, it's confusing
my limited thoughts :P post more soon[:

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

awwwwwww poor nick!
gosh i feel awful for him,
part of me wants joe and katie to break up so nick and katie can happen!
but sadly then joe would be all depressed and I would feel bad for him.
I hate love triangles...there is never a win-win-win situation

[Zanessa Fan1]

i know. thats the point. xD

[Cheerleader111]

aww i know allison :P
i want that to happen to, but then i don't
know how everything can come out okay without
the breaking of hearts here ]:

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

bleh i hate it and love it...
time for more.
Ok so lets see Lex has to post then katie.
Ok see if ya'll time this correctly I could be reading more of 2 ffs
just post every 15-30 minutes, maybe an hour
xD
if only that was possible...

[Cheerleader111]

haha i'm posting in like five minutes, i'm almost
done with this pov :P
& then katie can post, and life will be good
cause then i will post again and then so on O:

[Zanessa Fan1]

well actually i have to get up in 8 hours and then dance for 4 hours straight at my rehersal, so i should probubly be getting to bed. im just waiting for lex's chapter, and then unfortunatly its off to bed for me... =[

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

hahaha same here,
lex gets the last post of the night.

:o
you have a busy day ahead of you!
Hope you get enough sleep!

[Cheerleader111]

aww well okay, i can live with that i guess]:
but you should probably go to sleep :P it's just
a pov and it has everything to do with kevin[:

[Zanessa Fan1]

basiclly you should hurry xD
cause if u post before i leave, ill post again, but if you dont you wont get a chapter until tomarow afternoon or evening...

edit;; oh okay see now you've convinced me to leave.
i guess ill post tomarow. night guys ;)

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

Night =]

[krrristin]

Form:
Username: Kristin
Charecter name: Kristin Davis
charecter picture: this (http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee222/so_kristin/willahh.png)
favorite jonas?: Nicholas AND Joe. (N more)
active reader?: No, I just noticed you had a fanfic. Silly goose, you never told me.

[Zanessa Fan1]

i wanted you as a charecter from the beggining! :o
but you wearnt reading it xD okay ill add you soon, so start reading. xD

[Zanessa Fan1]

Chapter 20; it’s a dull life
[---Kate’s POV---]
You wouldn’t believe how positively boring and dull it is living for a week in the hospital. IT has only been three days out of the six I need, and yet I already feel like I’ve been in this place for at least a month. Joe had been helpful, staying with me as much as possible, whenever the doctor’s would let him. He was even sleeping here…I can’t imagine how unbelievably uncomfortable that couch must be, but he insisted on staying with me in case I woke up for some reason, or we got new information. He MUST love me to put up with this hospital for this long. Nick stopped by usually about once a day, checking on me, usually bringing me something or playing me a song on the guitar to pass at least a little of my spare time. Lex came a few times, but was hesitant because she didn’t want to get here while Nick was here. Allison and Kevin stopped by once and a while with Nick, but not as often as I would have liked. I slept…a lot--all night, and some of the day. I was feeling and looking better and better every day. They had determined that my left arm was indeed, sprained, and I was getting a sling for it later today, just to be safe.
I woke from a deep and dream-filled sleep, to find Joe was already awake, reading a gossip magazine, sitting on the couch. I smiled to myself and sat up. Day 4 has just begun, hopefully it would go by relatively swiftly and wouldn’t drag on to the extend of the other days.
Joe smiled and stood up, moving to the chair that had remained in the spot right next to me, “Hey baby” he grinned, jokingly, sitting down next to me. I had noticed that he tried his best to make me laugh and smile, which did help me feel better, believe it or not. I smiled, “Hey. Thanks for staying”
He smiled, “my pleasure, really. How are you feeling today?”
We had a routine basically down. I would wake up, he would ask how I was feeling, get us food to eat, and then I would have my visitors. Joe smiled, holding my hand securely in his, and he stood up, leaning over me slightly. This was different. I smiled at him as he leaned towards me, kissing my gently.

[---Joe’s POV---]
I kissed her gently at first, controlling my temptations due to her current state. I felt her wrap her arms around my neck, pulling my closer to her. I pulled away instantly and laughed, “Don’t push yourself to far, I know—you’re still recovering.” I joked. Her smile faded slightly and she nodded, “Right.” I sat back down in my chair immediately, “what?” I asked, referring to the frown she now displayed on her face. She sighed, “I just realized how extremely terrible I must look right now. I haven’t looked in a mirror so I totally forgot…this is embarrassing…” she mumbled the last part so I wasn’t sure if she meant for me to hear it or not. I touched her cheek, running my finger gently over her bruise and putting then using my index finger to lift her chin so she had to look at me. I smiled and kissed her gently, “you’re always beautiful, Kate…and I don’t lie” I grinned, jokingly, and then smiled, sympathetically feeling bad that she had taken what I said the wrong way, “That’s not why I didn’t want to kiss you…” I said quietly, under my breath. I sighed, “Kate—I’m afraid I’m going to make it worse…I don’t want to hurt you”
She looked at me, “what do you mean?”
I sighed again, “You’re so…fragile, right now…I just don’t want to make it worse”
She smiled, taking my hand in her’s and kissing it gently, “I love you” she whispered.
I grinned, “I love you more” I joked, knowing I would never win this battle. I heard a knock on the door and looked up as Nick walked in, “Sorry—don’t mean to interrupt…I can come back later, if you want” he hesitated. I shook my head, “No it’s fine” I stood up, “You two talk. I’ll go home and get some clothes to change into. Nick, watch her for me” I joked, as if she could go anywhere. I walked out the door, towards the exit.

[---Nick’s POV---]
I smiled, “Hey” I sat down next to her, “How are you today?” I asked politely.
She laughed quietly, “Better each day, thanks for asking” She smiled at me and I smiled back at her.
I shrugged, “No problem. So, your half way done with your time here, do you think you’ll make it?” I paused and tilted my head, “or am I going to have to spring you?” I joked. Her eyes lit up, “that’d be awesome” She laughed. My heart beated faster for a moment while she laughed, obviously enjoying my company. I smiled to myself and looked at her, “So—how are things with…Joe?” I teased, prying slightly. I had become a better liar, you could sense no curiousness or hesitation or sadness in my voice when I asked her, it seemed as though I was just another friend, wondering about her relationship. There was nothing obvious in my voice, but I didn’t have the face down. She obviously noticed the disappointment in my eyes and she sighed, “Nick we don’t have to talk about it…You don’t have to force yourself to bring it up every day…” she murmured.
I sighed, “How do we always get back to this conversation?”
She smiled at me, “maybe we NEED to talk about it to like, move past it, you know? Other wise we might never get past it…”
I laughed sarcastically, “You say WE like neither one of us has moved past it…” I spoke quietly, under my breath. She looked at me, “you think I don’t think about it, too?” she asked.
I stared at her, “huh?”
“Nick, you can’t tell me something like that and have it totally go over my mind, it’s kind of distracting, actually…” she explained. I sat there, looking at her in semi-shock, “wow...well how do we get past it?” I asked. She sighed, “Maybe…maybe you need to tell Joe”

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

-cough-
TELL JOE?!
ohhh that has disaster written all over it

[Cheerleader111]

TELL JOE!? i'm sorry, but when kate
got hit by that car it obviously knocked
out every sense of sanity that happened to
actually be within her brain. that doesn't even
sound reasonable :P

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

hahahaha exactly Lex

[Cheerleader111]

hahah it's like, doesn't kate
like the way nick's face is currently arranged?
why would she want joe to change that? :P
omg haha jk[: but post more katie O: i know
you're stocked on chapters O_o

[Froggygreen108]

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August=best month EVER!
breaking dawn comes out!
new jonas brothers CD!
my birthday! = 29th(:

[Zanessa Fan1]

Chapter 21; are you crazy!?
[---Kate’s POV---]
Nick stared at me for a moment. I spoke softly, “what…?”
His eyes were wide as he spoke, “are you crazy, Kate!? Joe would kill me if he found out…”
I shook my head, “Not if you tell him that you’re trying to get over me as fast and painless as possible and you need his help. If I tell him to help you, and you ask nicely then I think he might be willing to…I mean I am in the hospital, he can’t really tell me no about anything” I joked.
He sighed, shaking his head “I don’t know, Kate. It seems pretty risky to me…” he said, quietly.
I looked at him, “Trust me—I won’t let him hurt you. He may be the best one to help you, and then once you realize he knows and you HAVE to get over it, it may be easier—you never know how it works” I semi-joked.
He nodded, slowly, “True. Okay, ill do it. But I’m doing it right outside this door so you can see us so nothing bad happens, okay?” he joked. I laughed, “Okay, okay…just wait until he comes back and ask him if you can talk to him for a second, and take him out there. For now, don’t leave me” I smiled.
He laughed, “Okay. So when you get out of this place, FINALLY” He paused, laughing quietly with me, “what do you plan on doing?” I thought for a second and sighed, “Well, I don’t know—just relaxing for a little bit. I’m hoping just to get back to the way things were before. I’m sad, I thought that week would have been fun, with us all staying at your guys’ house—but then this happened. I just can’t stop thinking about what Joe said—I can’t believe anyone would just drive away after that” I shook my head.
He looked at me, “I know…me and Joe will find him. I swear, I wouldn’t even really blame him, I mean I would, but it’s worse because he drove away. Like he has something to hide from…maybe he was drunk or something…” he said, obviously thinking over the options in his head.
I nodded, “possibly…ugh, what a jerk” I shook my head and he nodded, in agreement. Just then the door swung open, and Joe came in. He kissed me gently and Nick stood up, “Joe can I talk to you for a second?” He motioned to the door and Joe nodded, walking out. I mouthed the words ‘good luck’ to nick and crossed my fingers under the blankets as I watched, impatient and nervous all of a sudden.

[---Joe’s POV---]
“What is it nick?” I asked, curiously as he stopped in front of her window and looked at me, “Don’t hurt me…” he said so quietly that I could barley understand him. I rose an eyebrow, “what’s going on?” I asked him, cautiously now. He took a step away from me, and all of his words came out in a rush. “Lately I’ve been having feelings for Kate in a more-than-friends kind of way, and she knows about it and I’m trying really really hard to get over it, cause id never do that to you, she loves you anyway—so she told me to ask you for your help in getting over it, since that way we can all go back to normal” he finished, catching his breath.
It took me a minute for my thoughts to catch up with where he was, since he had spoken so quickly, but once I did, I stared at him, glaring slightly, “what?” I took a threatening step towards him and he ran past me back into Kate’s hospital room. I followed him in there and shook my head at him, crossing my arms, “I would kick your butt right now if she wasn’t here” I told him. He laughed to himself, “I know—that’s why I came back in here” Kate rolled her eyes at us, “Joe” she said, taking my hand, “He wants to move past it—if you don’t help him” I could tell she was trying to per sway me, “it might get worse. And if you do help him, it can just go away all together. Please do this…for me” she finished. I sighed, why did she have to add the ‘for me’?!
I was ready to argue with her until that. Looking in her eyes, I couldn’t tell her no. And I did want him to get over her, she had a point there. I looked at Joe and spoke unwillingly, “Fine” I snapped. He looked shocked, “seriously?”
Kate coughed and spoke while she did, “told ya” she cleared her throat and smiled at Nick, jokingly.
I glared at my brother and smiled at Kate. I sat down in the chair next to her. I looked at Nick, “You can go now, I’ll help you later…” I said, impatiently. He rolled his eyes and turned around, walking back out the door. I turned and looked at Kate, “was that awkward for you?” I joked. She laughed, “only a little”
I tilted my head, “Just because I’m curious—how long have you known? About…Nick?” I asked.
She seemed to have to think, which led me to believe they kept it from me for longer than id like to think.
“About a week, maybe a few days less than that” she said. This relieved me, it hadn’t been THAT long, at least she saw the need to let me know, “Please don’t be mad at me for keeping his secret, I don’t want this to affect our relationship or anything…” she said, quietly. I was surprised that she thought something like that could mess with us. I felt kind of bad, even though Nick should be the one feeling bad about something. I smiled and stroked her cheek gently, “Kate—don’t be stupid. I love you more than anything, I’m not mad…not at you at least” I joked. She laughed, “Good.” I leaned in and kissed her gently. I felt her arms wrap around my neck again but didn’t resist this time. I could feal the heat building up inside of me, pushing against my lips to come out. I held it in considering her condition, as usual, but wanted so badly to just give in. I separated as I heard a knock at the door, and the doctor coming in, “Sorry to interrupt, but—Kate, would you like to take your nap now?”
She rolled her eyes at the word nap and I smiled, “yes she would” I answered for her, sitting down on the couch and picking up my magazine. I waited until the doctor left and went to her side, moving her hair out of her face. I whispered to her, “Sleep well, my love” I smiled, “I’ll be here when you wake up”
I watched as her eyes closed, she couldn’t help it, even though I knew she wanted to stay awake for as long as possible. I smiled to myself, and grabbed my magazine, flipping to the page I had left off on, and reading on.

[Cheerleader111]

awwww that was cute[:
well...a tad dangerous at the beginning
for nick & everything, but awww that
was cute[: moooores :P

[Zanessa Fan1]

i want to post more. i want to get to the part im on for the one that im writing! its getting goooddddd. xD

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

oOo that went better than expected,
no violence...yet

[Zanessa Fan1]

lex have you written yet? :P

[Cheerleader111]

nopee...maybe i'll start once you post. :P
yes? yes? ok, yes. YAY xD

[Zanessa Fan1]

okay ;) ill post then. :P

[Zanessa Fan1]

Chapter 22; release day
[---Joe’s POV---]
I smiled and walked into the hospital, walking quickly into Kate’s hospital room and handing her the clothes she had asked for. She smiled at me, “thank you” she said, standing up without struggle. She took them into the nearby bathroom and I sat down on the couch in her room while I waited for her to return. The doctor came in, giving me a few last suggestions to tell Kate, so her wounds finish healing as soon as possible, and just as the doctor left, Kate walked back in. I smiled at her, standing up, and ran a hand through her hair, standing close to her, “I’ve missed this” I whispered. She sighed and smiled, “me too” She took a step closer so there wasn’t a part of her that wasn’t touching a part of me. I smiled as she put her arms around my neck, one running through my hair gently. I pressed my lips against hers, with more force than I had been able to use for the past week. I felt the fire burning inside of me once again, and tried my best to hold it back at least until we got out of the hospital. I couldn’t do it. I let it burst free and kissed her passionately; running my hand down her back and around her waist, then back up and into her hair. She didn’t seem to mind, considering she seemed to be just as excited that she was free as I was.
I separated, although I didn’t want too, and grinned down at her, “Come on. Let’s get you home” I took her hand in mine and led her out the door, towards the exit, and to Kevin’s car—where he was waiting. He smiled and hugged her lightly, “Glad to see you up and moving” he smiled, getting in the driver’s seat. I sat in the back with Kate, not wanting to let her out of my site. She smiled at me, “I’m fine Joe—really” she insisted, “I hope we can just get back to how things were.” She said, cautiously. I smiled and nodded, “We can, don’t worry about it”
Kevin pulled up in her driveway and I walked with her to the door, where her mother must have kissed her more than I had—but with a different kind of enthusiasm, obviously. Her father nodded at me, I’m not sure if it was good or bad, but I nodded in return. Kate looked at me, “I’ll call you later. The doctor said to sleep today, but tomorrow we are SO celebrating my freedom” she joked. I laughed, “Defiantly” I kissed her cheek, “I’ll see you later” She nodded and I spun around, getting back in Kevin’s car, and riding home.

[---Lex’s POV---]
I walked down the sidewalk cautiously, worried about what had happened to Kate. I was hesitant by the road now, as if I looked at it in a different way. As I stared at the pavement next to me I felt myself run into someone and hit the ground. I looked up to see who it was. Nick rubbed his forehead, “Sorry” He held a hand to me to help me up. Thankfully, I grabbed it. He let go once I was standing up straight again, slipping it back into his pocket, “I was just on my way to see Kate” I explained. He nodded, “I’m on my way back from there. She seems to be doing a lot better but, you can probably figure that out on your own…um” he paused, “I guess, ill talk to you later then” he half smiled, moving past me and down the sidewalk. I closed my eyes and sighed, spinning around, “Nick, wait…” I said, just loud enough that I knew he would hear me. I saw him stop and turn around. Neither one of us moved for a moment, I just observed his facial expressions, trying to grasp something from it. He seemed…disappointed and…upset. I took a few steps until I was close enough to speak at my normal voice level and let him hear me, “Nick—I’m just going to say this, and then leave. I don’t want to hear anything back…because I don’t really know if you’ll be able to come up with anything to say back” my voice trailed off and I shook my head, grabbing my own attention again, “anyway…umm” I looked at him now, “Nick, I’m sorry…I should have expected the extra attention, and I handled it poorly, I know that now…I really do like you Nick, a lot—and the more I think about it the more I regret what I did that night at the dance…so I apologize. I acted like a two year old who didn’t get their way, and took it all out on you and Kate and I’m sorry about that, I hope you can forgive me” I nodded, finishing saying what I had to say. As I had guessed, he seemed to have nothing to say to that. I shot him a reassuring smile, and spun around in the direction I had been headed. I felt him grab my wrist, turning me around. He twirled me back to him and pressed his lips securely against mine. My heart beat accelerated as I began to kiss him back. I put my arms around his neck, holding him securely to me, just as he put his arms around my waist, obviously trying to achieve the same closeness that I was. I kissed him for what seemed like forever in my world, and when I separated he smiled at me, “You know…”I could sense the joke to his tone, “I JUST MIGHT give you a call Alexa Fisher” he grinned as he let go of me and I smiled, letting go of him too. I whispered before turning and walking away, “I’ll be waiting”
- - - - - -
I squealed slightly once I was out of range and I knew he couldn’t hear me. I knocked on Kate’s front door anxiously and her father answered, “Hello Alexa” he smiled, “Kate is upstairs, not sleeping, just resting. You may go see her if you’d like. You know which room it is”
I smiled and nodded, walking past him and up the stairs. I yelled back to him, “Thank you Mr. Wright!”
I knocked on her door and entered before she could even tell me to come in. “Kate—I’m so sorry. I should never have been so mean to you and argued with you, if you had died and those had been my last words with you I wouldn’t be able to live with myself please I hope you can forgive me I have awesome news and I just really need to…” she cut me off.
“You talk so much Lex, its killing me” she joked “I’m sorry, too. Let’s forget about it…but um, good news?” she tilted her head, smiling at me. I squealed at the reminder.
“I apologized to Nick” I started.
She rose her eyebrows, “Seriously?”
I nodded, “Yeah”
“And what did he say to that?”
“Well at first I apologized and he said nothing, but then I turned to leave to come here, and he like—grabbed my arm and he…” I paused.
She stared at me, “well don’t keep me hanging here! He…” she waited.
I grinned, excited, “He kissed me” I smiled “…Kate…?” She wasn’t moving at all. “What’s the problem?”
“Huh?” she asked, as if I had woken her up from a deep sleep, “Oh! Nothing, that’s great!” She grinned, “I was just surprised is all, but really Lex—I’m so happy for you. Are you going to try and move past the extra attention then?” she questioned.
I nodded, “Defiantly. I think I should give it a shot. It really freaked me out, so I didn’t even try to move past it—I just gave up before trying. You know how I loved Nick, he’s always been my favorite Jonas Brother, so I think I could really like him, in that way, if I give it another shot. Obviously, he’s on board for that plan” I smiled.
She grinned, “Good for you, I’m happy for you guys…Was Joe with him, or no? I’m supposed to call him…”
I shook my head, “Nah he wasn’t. You can call him if you want, ill wait for you. Depending on how long you’re on the phone with him” I joked. She laughed, “I’ll call him later”
I shook my head, standing up, “No I should go. I just wanted to come see how you were, but we’ll party hardy tomorrow” I joked. She laughed, “Sounds good”

[---Kate’s POV---]
I listened as the phone rang, and rang and rang.
“Hi this is Joe—you’ve reached my voicemail. Sorry I’m not here right now, but leave a message and ill get back to you. Thanks, talk to you later” Beep.
I smiled to myself, “Hey Joe—it’s Kate. I’m just calling because I said I would, and to try and make plans for tomorrow or something since it will be my first full day out of the hospital and back to normal. Give me a call. Love you, Bye” I pressed the end button and set my cell phone down next to me on my bed.
I laid my head down on my pillow, grabbing a magazine and flipping it open. Just then I heard my phone beginning to ring *our song is the slamming’ screen door, sneaking’ out late tapping on your window*
I knew exactly who it was and quickly answered, “Hello?”
Joe’s voice soothed me, “Hey Kate—sorry I didn’t answer, my phone was in my room and I—well, wasn’t”
I laughed, “That’s Fine”
“So what do you want to do tomorrow exactly?”
“I don’t really care, it’s up to you I guess…I’m just pleased to be out of the hospital, as long as were together I really don’t care where we go”
“Well I was thinking we could do something in the afternoon with just the two of us, and then have more of a get-together with everyone else to celebrate later” he suggested.
“Okay, cool sounds good. Oh! Good News about Nick!” I remembered.
His voice seemed to tense slightly, but he seemed rather relieved when he spoke, “He kissed Lex, I know—I heard. He seemed pretty pleased with himself when he got home, so I asked what happened, and so he told me about it”
“Oh I see—well yeah, that’s good, huh?”
He seemed hesitant, “Yeah…I just can’t wait till that’s over. I swear I wanted to kill him…”
I bit my lip, “Yeah I know you did…um, anyway—tomorrow. What time?”
“Um, ill come get you at like, noon if that’s okay”
I smiled, “Yeah that sounds good…I’ll see you then”
“I love you”
I smiled again, “I Love you too, Bye”
“Bye” I heard him disconnect the line and pressed the end button once again.

[Cheerleader111]

YAY kate's out the hospital & we're
all going to party hardy tomorrow :P

ohmygoshh well lex's pov can only simply
be described as amazing. i mean like really O: i
loveeed it ahh well i think you knew that i would but
ahh that was the best thing ever katie :P

aww now i feel bad for nick & kate though cause it
sounds like kate is now very confused pshh this
is getting a tad out of hand. i wanna know what
happens! xD ughh i'm writing more ;) but
prepare to post really really soon! xD

[Zanessa Fan1]

okay. tell me when you post and so will I :P

[krrristin]

MORE!
Hehe, Yehhh I'm readin' (:

[Zanessa Fan1]

good cause i added you. xD its coming up in a few chapters ;)

[krrristin]

shnazzy duddde

[Zanessa Fan1]

ill post after lex does ;)

[Cheerleader111]

i posted and you never did]:

[Zanessa Fan1]

i was going to but my dad was on that computer then, and then i forgot.
he's on it now too, but later when he's off of it ill post 2 chapters ;)

[krrristin]

im waiiiiting

[Zanessa Fan1]

ok he just finished with that computer so ill go get 2 chapters and post them now ;)

[krrristin]

alright.
i want to read before I leave to Irvinnnne.

[Zanessa Fan1]

Chapter 23; chicken pocks
[---Joe’s POV---]
I knocked on the door, patiently waiting for someone to come answer. It was nearly twelve on the spot.
No answer. I reached to knock again just as it opened. Mrs. Wright seemed hesitant as she looked at me, “Joseph—I’m sorry, you’re going to have to call Kate or something. She’s not…well” she paused.
My heart-rate increased with worry as I looked at her mom, “What’s…wrong, with her?” I asked her, cautiously. She seemed to pick up on my worry and shook her head, “Oh! No, hunny don’t worry—its nothing to do with the accident. It would appear she caught something when she was in the hospital, so she really isn’t well to go out today” She explained.
I calmed and took a step inside, “Well what did she get?”
Her mom sighed, “Well most children get it as a child but, unfortunately—Katharine seemed to have been close to the nursery at some point and has seemed to have caught the pocks”
I rose an eyebrow and looked at her, “the…chicken, pocks?” She nodded and I rolled my eyes, “well I had that when I was four. Can I go see her now? I won’t catch it or anything…”
Her mom stepped aside, “I suppose so. It may make her feel better…” she shrugged.
I nodded and walked past her up the stairs slowly. I knocked on Kate’s door and waited. I heard her voice faintly from behind the door, “Who is it…?” she asked, hesitantly.
I smiled to myself, “It’s Joe”
“Don’t come in here” She snapped, quickly.
I laughed to myself, “I already had it Kate—it’s okay. Don’t worry about me”
“I’m not worrying about you, I’m worrying about what YOU seeing me like this will do” I thought I heard her slam into the door, as if she was holding it shut. “Don’t come in here, please” she repeated.
I sighed and leaned against her door, sliding so I sat on the ground, “Okay…but I’m going to stay and talk to you then” I stated, not taking no for an answer this time.
I heard her sigh, “Fine. Talk away”
“So talk about bad timing” I started, “As soon as you get out of the hospital. I mean come on, Kate, I was excited for today!”
I thought I heard her laugh, but I’m not positive. “Yeah, well I didn’t exactly ask for this. This is torture, my mom insists on helping my put stuff on the pocks too, which is not the most fun thing in the world”
I laughed, “Yeah I would guess not”
I stayed quiet for a moment and leaned my head to the side to speak softly through the small crack in between the door and the wall next to it, “please let me in. I’m sure you look fine. You look like you with a bunch of red dots—they go away. Big whoop”
I heard a small whimper of uncertainty in return, before she smoke, “no—Joe. I’m already nervous about how I look around you, now this just makes it multiplied by ten, and it’s even worse…”
I rolled my eyes, “Kate that’s stupid” I was going to go on to tell her why, but she cut me off.
“No—Joe, its not. You have millions of people all across the world who would kill to be in my position, and it still feels un-real to me that we are what we are…I’m grateful, so incredibly grateful, but I cant help but wonder how long it will last. I love you Joe, more than anything, I know you say you do, but it still is so unexpected and out there that I have to try my best all the time to make sure you don’t leave me for someone else, I don’t want you to see me like this” she sounded nearly close to tears by talking about that.
I looked at the door, as if I was looking at her, “How can you…” I sighed, changing my sentence, “You so do not see yourself clearly…not at all” She was silent so I continued, “Kate…please…let me in, I can’t talk to you like this and not look at you”
Nothing happened for a minute, so I stood up. I heard a click of a door being un-locked and spun around, twisting the door-knob and pushing it open. She sat on her bed, purposely not looking at me. I went over to her, sitting next to her and pulling her into my arms, “Kate…you are ridiculous do you know that…?” I murmured quietly. I kissed the top of her head and held her close to my chest. I sighed, “I don’t know how many times I have to tell you how much you mean to me for it to get through your think skull…I mean, that first night when my mom told me that this girl was going to give me a tour, It felt more like charity than anything else, I was so dreading it…but then—I got here. And I saw you…and I knew that this was going to be so much better than any other place we’ve lived…” I laughed quietly, “And we’ve lived in lots of places”
I looked at her and ran a finger across her cheeks, “what are a few pocks...they don’t compare to your beauty” I spoke sincerely and looked at her, leaning towards her, pressing my lips to hers gently, and pulling away. “Really” I insisted, “you totally under-estimate yourself”
She snuggled closer to me, burying her face in my chest. I ran my fingers through her hair gently, “Chicken pocks suck, huh?” I joked, smiling down at her. She looked at me, pouting, and nodded. I laughed and she sat up to look at me, “I hear they get worse as you get older, too” I added.
She nodded, “I don’t know how bad they are for really little kids, but for me, it’s like having a million mosquito bites covering my body, every one right next to the other. And it itches like crazy…but my mom said not to scratch it, so I’m trying to distract myself as best as possible. Before you were here I was trying to find some way to get my mind off of it”
I smiled, and spoke softly against her lips, “I think I can help with that” I quickly pressed my lips to hers, with some force behind it. I felt my phone vibrate and laughed, pulling away from her, “hold on—just a minute” I whispered to her, opening my phone and pressing it to my ear, “Kevin, what’s up…?”
“Hey Joe…about the party”
I suddenly remember that, “Oh—Kevin” I spoke quietly in it, “ex-nay on the arty-pay. Can we put it off for, umm…” I thought for a minute, how long does it take for the chicken pocks to disappear, “a week. So next Friday…okay?” Kevin sounded confused, and I laughed, “I’ll explain later. Kay…bye” I hung up before he could respond and looked back at Kate, who seemed to be scratching like crazy. I grabbed her hands, “Stop—that’s just going to make it work”
I heard her groan, “It’s getting worse…” she whined.
I sighed, “I know…I’m sorry—I wish I could do something to make it better, but I can’t.” I gently put a small dot of anti-itch cream over a chicken pock on her cheek, rubbing it in as gently as possible. I felt bad, she was obviously upset about this, and it pained me that I could do nothing to help her except be with her. I held my arms open for her and she leaned into them, softly resting her head on my chest again. I sighed and ran my fingers through her hair once again.

[---Kate’s POV---]
It amazed me how unbelievably sweet and caring he was being. I mean, I was not in my best state right now…that I was sure of, but he acted like I was the greatest thing that had eve happened to him. He held me, keeping my mind on him, and off of the itch that covered my body. I closed my eyes as I laid there, letting my body relax in his arms. I was taking in everything about him at that moment. The feeling of his arms around me, where his skin met mine. The smell his cologne as I rested my head on his chest, the sound of his voice as he spoke softly into my ear. I didn’t understand how anyone would do this; waste their day with this, trying to make me feel better. It blew me away that he was willing to do this for me. His soft voice in my ear broke the silence, “what are you thinking?” he murmured, kissing the spot he had whispered.
I smiled, closing my eyes comfortably, “I was thinking how it amazes me that you would be here with me right now” I told him, honestly. I felt him re-situate so he was lying down completely. I looked at him and smiled. He grinned at me and closed his eyes now too, “You know something” he started. I snuggled up to him like before and closed my eyes once again. He continued now, “I think that this is something worth remembering” I didn’t open my eyes, but could tell he was smiling, “this as in, this moment, or us?”
He laughed faintly, “We won’t have to REMEMBER us because we’ll always HAVE us” he insisted, “I was talking about this moment…” I could feel his chest rising and falling with each breath he took, “I love you so much…and to think I could have lost you…” I could feel him shake his head and interrupted, “But you didn’t…I’m right here” I smiled, “And I’m not going anywhere”

[Zanessa Fan1]

Chapter 24; cousin
[---Kate’s POV---]
Joe held my hand, “I know you want to just forget about everything that happened, but Allison and Kevin have been planning this celebration for you ever since you got out, and now their even more excited for it since they had to wait until you were over the chicken pocks, so just put up with it for them, okay?” he spoke softly in my ear before kissing me gently, obviously aware of the very apparent fact, that I couldn’t deny him. I nodded at him as he pushed the door open. Kevin greeted me immediately, “I’m so glad your okay” Kevin’s hug over-whelmed me. I hadn’t been expecting it—not from him at least, I mean he’s my boyfriends brother, but he had never been that good of friends with me. I suddenly realized why, when I saw Allison walking over and grabbing Kevin’s hand immediately. Of course, that’s it. Kevin likes her, and she is my best friend. He needs MY approval, I suppose. I smiled at them both, “Thanks Kevin, thanks for doing this you guys” I spoke as if they had done me some large favor, although it was the thought that counted. Allison smiled at me, “Our pleasure…everyone else is in my basement, go on down ill get you something to drink. Sprite?” she assumed.
I nodded.
She looked at Joe, “And…?”
Joe looked at her and laughed quietly, “Sprite’s fine for me too, thanks” He took my hand again and lead me towards the stairs to the basement. I saw Nick and Lex sitting on the couch, and both of them jumped up when they saw me. Lex hugged me immediately, “Hey. Glad you came; I know this isn’t really your thing”
Nick chimed in now, also greeting me with a hug, “Yeah—but they did put a lot of work into this for you”
I felt Joe’s hand tighten in mine as Nick hugged me and I shot him a ‘cut it out’ kind of look.
“We do have a surprise, though” Nick added.
I rose an eyebrow, “Oh god…what is it?”
Nick laughed, “It’s nothing bad, but I remembered you talking to me about how when you were really little you lived right by your cousin, so you were like best friends, but then she moved away and well—her parents are going on a trip to Europe so she needed a place to stay for a few months and she was going to stay with your grandparents, but your mom and I put our heads together and we both came up with it so…Kristin come out here” I said, over my shoulder. I saw my brunette cousin appear from out of the other room, grinning at me, “Hey Cuz” She said, smoothly. I let go of Joe’s hand and shrieked, “KRIS!” I ran over to her, hugging her immediately. She grabbed me by my shoulders so she could look me in the eyes, “Your dating a Jonas Brother…and you didn’t even call me to tell me about it?” she asked, seeming astonished. I heard Joe chuckle and turned around to face him. I took his hand, pulling him over to my cousin, “Kristin, this is my boyfriend Joe. Joe this is my favorite cousin ever, Kristin Davis…Davis is my mom’s maiden name” I explained because of the confusion obviously displayed on his face.
He smiled and nodded, “OH well, nice to meet you Kristin” he said, courteously.
She nearly stared at him, “Ditto”
Joe smiled at me and gently lifted our intertwined fingers so he could kiss my hand, “Can I speak to you in private for a minute?”
I nodded, and looked at Kristin, “I’ll be right back”
She seemed to be fascinated by the fact that I really was dating a Jonas. I rolled my eyes, jokingly and followed Joe into the other room, “What’s up?” I asked.
He pulled me closer to him, “Are you sure you want to do this party?” he gently moved a hair behind my ear, “I mean—we can always go somewhere else. Just the two of us” he grinned down at me.
I smiled, “Don’t tempt me, Joe…I just might take you up on that offer”
He laughed quietly, “Good. That makes this easier. When we get out of here, I was thinking we could do something…hang out or something” he shrugged.
I nodded, “Yeah defiantly. I might have to find arrangements to make plans for Kristin so I wont be ditching her tonight, but ill make it work” I grinned at him and he nodded.
He grabbed my hand again, pulling me behind him as we exited back out to where the rest of them were.

[---Nick’s POV---]
I looked at Kristin, and she smiled, “Thanks for walking me home” she said, “you really didn’t have to”
I shrugged, “my pleasure. Besides, Kate didn’t exactly seem thrilled to leave Joe. No offence to you, she adores you…but she really loves him” my voice nearly cracked at the end of that sentence, and she seemed to notice. She looked at me, “and that…bothers you?”
I sighed, “Basically I’m in Kate Wright rehab at the moment…courtesy of my brother”
“Um…okay? Should I have any idea what you’re talking about?”
I shook my head, “Nah…forget I said anything” I quickly changed the subject, “So, where exactly DID you move to all those years ago?”
“San Jose, it’s a smaller town outside of San Francisco…my dad got a really good job there, and since my mom can do her work from home, it was fine for us to move, so they insisted on it. More money, cheaper location—I suppose. It kind of sucked though, you know? I mean…here I was with my best friends, and then they moved me to a totally different part of the state and were just like, here…start all over” She rolled her eyes.
I nodded, slowly, “Yeah…I know what you mean. We moved around a lot when I was younger, too. Luckily I had my brothers to help me with it…so I never really had to worry about not having a friend—that’s probably why were so close now. Are you an only child?” She nodded, “I assumed” I smiled, knowing I had been right.
She stopped walking and rose an eyebrow at me, “Assumed?”
I nodded, “Yeah. I’m pretty good at reading people. One of my many assumptions was that you had no siblings” I smiled, smirking at her.
She looked hesitant, “Many? Oh god—do I even want know the others?”
I proceeded to tell her, “Well” I said, starting to walk again. She did too, keeping my pace perfectly, “I’m assuming you are a fan of me and my brothers, I’m assuming you missed Kate, I’m assuming your parents aren’t home a lot, and I’m assuming you’re nervous about being here for this long, since you don’t know any of us”
She paused, crossing her arms, “Well you are wrong about one thing”
I rose an eyebrow, waiting for her to continue.
“I’m not nervous about being here. More like excited. Kristin Davis does NOT get nervous—I’m actually a pretty confident person” She joked.
I laughed, “I noticed” I shook my head, “so your parents aren’t home a lot?”
She shook her head, “Nope. That’s why I’m as stubbornly self-confident and wonderfully controlling as I am. My dad is obsessed with his work…its all he ever does. He travels a lot, im lucky if I see him more than once a month. My mother goes into deep depression when he’s gone a lot, so she tends to refer to alcohol as her heart-ache medicine…unfortunately. She’s trying to work on that, and her job means she has a one hour compute to and from work each day, so I usually see her at the very beginning of the day, sometimes at the end. The rest is just me…sometimes a friend or two, but generally not”
I looked at her, stopping in my tracks at the sudden information. I looked at her, sympathetically, “I’m sorry”
She shook her head, “Don’t be. I’m stronger because of it…gives me more time to work on what I want to do with my life, anyway”
I raised my eyebrows, “And that is?”
She smiled at me, confidently, “What you do”
“You want to perform?”
She nodded.
I smiled, slightly impressed by the high goals, “Well…show me what’cha got—maybe I can help you get where you want to” I grinned down at her.
She smiled, “Are you ready for this?” She joked, “To be BLOWN away?”
I laughed, “Self-absorbed, much?”
She laughed, too, “Nah I’m just kidding, I’m not…I just excite easily” She rolled her eyes, jokingly and I smiled at her, “Okay then, good thing to know. Now stop stalling, and sing”

[krrristin]

Hahaha Oh my god I love it!
Wow, that sounds like me! :P
cousinnnn

Haha chicken pocks.
Jatie alone? :O

[krrristin]

Jatie, you've improved at writing like by 1000000 billion

[krrristin]

im bored.
xD

i like my characteer
and KICK ;)

[Zanessa Fan1]

Jatie, you've improved at writing like by 1000000 billion
thanks :P

[PursePrincess4eva]

:ooooooooooo
moooooreee.

[Zanessa Fan1]

ill post more after lex does :P

[krrristin]

No, you post NOW.

[danadog75]

post! this is one of the best ff ive ever read! and im not kidding! hahah

[krrristin]

katie, whatheduck?
why havent you posted?

[Zanessa Fan1]

Chapter 25; vacation
[---Joe’s POV---]
I sat my suitcase down gently in the back trunk of Kate’s car. To tell you the truth, with Kate’s accident and then all the Nick drama, I had completely forgotten about her Christmas present to me. And now that she had reminded me, I requested we go immediately…we need to get away from everything—just me and her.
I waved at her mother one last time as I sat down next to Kate, in the passenger seat. We smiled at her mom until we were fully out of view. I put my arm around her now “So…your grandparents…will they like me, do you think?”
She nodded, “Oh defiantly. Me and Kristin are the youngest, so most of my cousins have already gone through this process, and my Grandma is real easy to win over. You want some pointers?”
I nodded, “Please”
She smiled, “Talk about how much you love me—she loves that, talking about her grandchildren I mean…um, talk about how thankful you are for them letting us spend the week there, oh! And with my grandpa…talk sports and you’re all set”
I nodded, “Love, Thanks, Sports. Got it” I grinned.
She smiled at me, and pretty soon we were at the nearby Los Angeles Airport, loading out luggage, giving them out tickets, and getting on the airplane, itself. I looked at her, “You excited?”
She nodded, “Defiantly. I spent so much time there as a kid—it was always so beautiful there. Are you? I mean I know it might be weird at first since you don’t really know them…” She muttered.
I smiled, reassuringly, “Yeah I’m excited. I mean, we really need this. A week with just us, without all this craziness. I’m pretty excited actually”
She grinned at me, “Good, I’m glad”
It was a heavy-duty six hour plan ride, four hours of which we slept…Her head on my shoulder, my head on the arm-rest. I opened my eyes as my ears popped, obviously meaning we were landing. I gently shook her until she awoke, “We’re here” I mumbled, softly in her ear. The cold of the air striked me like a bullet as we exited the plane and entered the Detroit Airport. I gently took her hand as we headed towards luggage claim. I heard her speak quietly to me, “There they are, come on you’ll do great” She insisted. I grabbed her bad and mine as we walked towards them. They appeared to be harmless enough, to me…
“Grandma, Grandpa…this is my boyfriend, Joe. Joe, these are my grandparents—Lou and Ro” She smiled.
I smiled and nodded at them, “Nice to meet you”

[---Kate’s POV---]
The house was just like I’d remembered it. We entered through the garage, and the smell of the house overwhelmed me—bringing back millions of memories from my childhood weekends spent here. I set down my luggage and motioned for Joe to do the same, “Come on” I said, running across the kitchen to the backdoor, “I want to show you something”
He smiled, laughing quietly, and followed me outside.
I stopped on the tall deck, overlooking the lower one and then the lake, “Well?”
He smiled, staring out beyond the deck, seeming dazed, “Wow” was all he could say for a moment, “It’s beautiful”
I nodded, immediately in agreement. He slipped his hand into mine as we walked down the steps to the lower level of the deck and sat down on the bench of one of the picnic tables.
Just then I heard my grandmother’s voice from the upper deck, “Kate…you two will need to share the guest room in the basement”
I stared at her, “What about the other two guestrooms?”
“Kristin and her guest will need them, of course”
My eyes nearly bulged out of my head, “Kristin?!”
She nodded, “Yes—I assumed she would have told you she was coming up here too…”
I shook my head, rolling my eyes, “Nope” I waited until my grandmother had exited and turned to look back at Joe, “So much for our week alone…depending on who she brings, this could be just like home…” I sighed.
Joe shrugged, “We have plenty of room here to get away from them. Besides, if we must share a room that’s plenty of alone time. Granted, we’ll be sleeping…but” his voice trailed off, jokingly.
I laughed, “I’ll tell you one thing, my grandma defiantly trusts me more than I thought she did”
He laughed, too, and lifted his left hand, pointing to the ring displayed, “That—or she watches the news and knows about this”
I laughed again, “Good point. I suppose even my GRANDMOTHER could know about that”
“So…I wonder when Kristin is going to get here, and who she will bring” I muttered.
“It could be a friend from where she lived before you know, not necessarily from around where we live”
I nodded, “True—very true. I hope so, I mean no offense to our friends, but I need a vacation from all the craziness”
He laughed, “I know what you mean”
I looked up as I saw the screen back-door re-open, again. Kristin walked out, “Hey! Sorry I didn’t tell you, I wanted it to be a surprise…I hope you aren’t mad. I’ll let you two be alone” she joked. I smiled at my cousin, I do want to be alone with Joe, but I do love her, too. “That’s alright, Kristin. Who’d you bring?” I asked her, curiously, honestly slightly worried. She smiled and ran back inside for a moment, returning a second later, and stepping out of the way so they could come outside, too.

[---Joe’s POV---]
I stared at him, glaring behind Kate’s back. Nick smiled at me, “Hey bro…”
I stood up, “Can I talk to you for a second?”
He nodded, smiling—obviously finding this extremely amusing—and walked with me off the deck down by the lake, “You did this on purpose” I snapped, in a whisper so Kristin and Kate could not hear me.
He looked at me, innocently, “I have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about”
I glared, “You know Kate loves you like a best friend and will want to spend at least SOME time with you this week now, and you couldn’t stand the idea of me being alone with her for once, could you? I mean, come on nick—get over her already!” I snapped.
He rolled his eyes, “Joe…did you ever think maybe I came because I like it in Michigan?”
I stared at him, “WOW that is the absolute worst lie I’ve heard in my life”
He laughed, seeming amused by this somehow, “I know” he mumbled.
I took a step towards him, threatening him slightly, and decided to hold in my anger, “You know what—have fun. Enjoy the outdoors, besides you coming here only came as a plus to me” I shrugged, walking past him.
“Whoa, whoa whoa” I felt him grab my arm from behind, “what do you mean?”
I grinned at him, bragging slightly—knowing this would make him mad, “Well see, they only have three spare rooms—and you and Kristin take up the two upstairs ones, so Kate and I have to share the basement room. Obviously nothing will happen, but still—being close to her makes me happy so I suppose I SHOULD be thanking you” I concluded. I stared at his face, waiting for a reaction. I saw his muscles tighten slightly as I finished and he shook his head, angrily walking past me and back up onto the deck. As soon as we were both back on the deck, we pretended we weren’t feuding with each other. I smiled at Kate, “You want to go out on the paddle boat now or later?” I questioned.
She gasped, “Oh! Now! Let’s go come on” she laughed, grabbing my hand and pulling me off the deck. I smirked slightly as my brother, before I disappeared under the deck to grab a life-jacket.

[krrristin]

Iiii Like it!

[danadog75]

so good! write more!

[Cheerleader111]

goshh katie you have unexplicable
writing talents[: i loved it...all three of them mhmm
more?[:

[krrristin]

I know!
Katie, dude, you're like in the top 3 best writers here! no joke.
that'd include Allison and Lex too! :P

[Zanessa Fan1]

haha thank you

[krrristin]

yeah, copliments don't come cheap.
sooo... post!

[danadog75]

yeah...what she said; POST!

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

ahhh yay time to read all of Katie's amazing chapters that I have missed!
xD
Soo pumped,
so I shall read and comment back on your amazingness
=]

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

ahhh Katie!
twas amazing as I suspected.
My mouth dropped when Nick appeared xD
Gotta love it!
Mas =]

[Zanessa Fan1]

haha ill post more later today when im done dying and styling my hair ;)

[HighSchoolMusicaaal]

more katie! :]
haha, have fun with your hairr

[danadog75]

Hey its been awhile post more! this is just one of the ff that i love!
write more soon!

[Zanessa Fan1]

if lex posts soon, i will post all the chapters i have written that i havent posted yet.
k? xD

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

ok, so i guess now we torture lex!
xD
I want chapters

[Zanessa Fan1]

haha :P

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

alright,
i'll call my hitman and grab a pineapple

[Cheerleader111]

why is there always a hitman? does he never take some
form of vacation??

if i said i needed inspiration, would you believe me & post?? :P

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

my hitman never sleeps!
So why would he take a vacation?

[Zanessa Fan1]

Chapter 26; dinner table
[---Kate’s POV---]
I rested my head on Joe’s shoulder as he swung the bench on the back-deck slowly back and forth. I heard my Grandmother’s voice from inside, “Kate―can you come help me set the table? Joe I believe Lou would like to speak with you”
I nodded, “Yeah sure” I stood up and smiled at Joe, “Have fun” I teased.
He laughed quietly; “You too―see you at dinner” He walked around the corner of the deck, over to where my Grandpa was barbecuing burgers and hot dogs.
I walked inside, closing the door behind me, “What do you need Grandma?” I asked, politely.
“Can you cut vegetables for me?”
I nodded; “yeah sure” I rolled up my sleeves, washing my hands quickly, before grabbing a knife and cutting board and picking up the first carrot.
Just then Nick walked in, “You want me to set the table?” He asked my grandma, smiling sweetly.
She smiled, “Yes―thank you Nicholas. I need to go check on how Lou is doing on the rest of the food, anyway” She took a step outside and I rose an eyebrow at Nick, as I cut a carrot.
He laughed, picking up napkins and beginning to walk around the table, setting them in their spots, “What?”
I shook my head, “Joe’s pretty pissed at you, you know” I smiled, cutting another carrot and sticking it in my mouth.
He laughed again, “I’m aware of the situation, thanks.”
I looked up as he came back over to where I was to grab the stack of plates, “You know I didn’t come to ruin your time, it wasn’t even my idea to come in the first place. Kristin asked me, and I wanted to get away. The fact that you’re here is just a bonus” He said, grinning at me.
I rolled my eyes, smiling slightly, “don’t get excited nick. Just cause were not in California , doesn’t change anything. I do love your brother” I reminded him.
He rose his hands defensively, “I know I know, that wasn’t a move or anything, I was just saying…” He set down the plates in their places and picked up silver wear. “You do love me you know”
I heard him from across the room and nearly dropped my knife, almost choking on the carrot I had been eating, “Excuse me?”
He laughed, “Like a brother, I mean”
“Oh…” I swallowed the carrot unwillingly, “Right. Yeah…” The silence was awkward and he set the last spoon down in its place on the table.
“Don’t be mad I came―I’m not going to totally ruin your trip, I swear” He promised.
I laughed quietly, “I know. I’M not the one worried about that. You’re a good best friend, even if you don’t like it, you wouldn’t do that to me” I smiled and he nodded.
“Well I better go” he said, “You know, before Joe comes in here and kills me with a steak knife” He joked, smiling slightly, and spun on his heals, walking out of the room. I finished cutting the food, putting it in their bowls, and setting them in their spots on the table. Joe walked in and smiled, “Betty Crocker, much?”
I laughed, “Hah! You wish” I rolled my eyes, jokingly.
He shrugged, and kissed my cheek, putting his arms around my waist from behind, “You grandma said dinner is in five minutes” I spun around in his arms and he smiled at me, “You know―it doesn’t feel like we just got here this afternoon. It feels like we’ve been here for a while already, doesn’t it?”
I nodded, “Is that a good thing?”
He smiled and nodded, too, “Yeah defiantly”
He quickly removed his arms from my waist as my Grandfather walked in, setting the meat down on the table, and walked past us, calling Kristin and Nick for dinner. I whispered to Joe, “what did he want to talk to you about?” I suddenly remembered.
His face tightened, seeming intimidated, “Your grandpa scares me a little. It was about the fact that I need to take good care of you, and what he’d do if I hurt you―you know, all that fun stuff” he joked.
I laughed, rolling my eyes, “Oh god―I’m sorry about that” I sat down in a chair and he sat down next to me, shrugging it off. Kristin and Nick came in a moment later, sitting down across the table from us, followed by my grandparents who sat on either end of the table. My grandma served us, sweetly and I quickly ate it, remembering how well my grandparents had always cooked their meals.
Joe followed my lead, obviously wanting to impress my grandparents with his charm and compliments on the meal. “Thanks again for having us” I said, once we were finished eating dinner, to my grand mother as Joe and I began to help her clean the dishes.
She smiled, “My pleasure. Your mother says you don’t stop talking about Joseph―so I figured I should at least meet him”
I looked at Joe and smiled, it was a good sign that she spoke about our relationship freely. The dishes only took a few minutes with everyone helping, so we had plenty of time left before we had to go to bed. I took his hand and walked him outside, sitting gently down on the hammock―he did the same. He put an arm around me as we leaned back, looking at the stars above us, through the gap between the trees, “Thanks for this” I heard him say.
I smiled, and looked at him, “Your welcome. I’m glad you like it”
He grinned and looked away from me, back up at the stars.

[---Joe’s POV---]
I closed the door behind us in the guest room and she opened her suitcase. “So…awkward, huh?” I joked, breaking the tension.
She shrugged, “Yeah kind of. We’ll get past it, I guess”
I nodded, “So do you want…um, do you want to change here and ill go change in the bathroom, or what?”
She shrugged again, “Um―sure that’s fine. I don’t really care; it doesn’t really matter to me”
I nodded, walking into the bathroom attached to the guest room, and closing the door behind me. I quickly changed, thinking carefully. I decided to put on a blank white v-neck t-shirt since it would be oh-too-awkward without it. I quickly put on my boxers and walked back out, “Is this going to be exceptionally weird for you?” I asked. She was already changed in regular pajamas.
She smiled and shook her head, “No, not for me. What about for you?”
I shook my head, getting into my side of the bed, watching her as she got in on her side. I opened my arms for her, comfortably. She smiled and cuddled up in the small nook on my chest I had created. She closed her eyes, clapping the lights off as she relaxed. I put my arms around her and closed my eyes too, resting my head on a pillow, “Love you” I whispered. Her voice was muffled against my chest, and I smiled as I heard her speak, “I love you too. Goodnight”
I smiled, “Goodnight”

[Zanessa Fan1]

Chapter 27; family feud
[---Joe’s POV---]
I heard loud footsteps from the stairs, followed by a bright light bursting into the room from the―what was now open―door. I heard Kate moan quietly, “Grandma…” she whined.
“Time to get up” Her grandmother’s voice hit me like a bullet, immediately remembering my urge to win her approval. I sat up, getting out of bed, “Kate, she’s right…we should enjoy the day, not waste it in here” I said, smiling proudly of myself. Her grandmother nodded at me, before exciting once again, shutting the door behind her. Kate groaned, pulling her pillow over her face.
I chuckled, “what?”
I heard her muffled voice from underneath her pillow, “Stop trying to impress her, you’re just making ME like you less…”
I could sense the obvious joke in her tone and sat down next to her, pulling her pillow off her head and smiling at her, despite her comment, “Good Morning”
She sighed, “Good morning would have been at ten”
I rolled my eyes, “Come on…you know I’m not any more of a morning person than you are…but hey” I grinned, “Neither are Kristin or Nick―it will give us some REALLY alone time” This seemed to do the trick…she had obviously been just as excited about us behind alone as I was. She immediately jumped up, running to her suitcase to change out of her pajamas. I smiled and stood up, walking into the bathroom--to change, too.

- - - - - -

I sat down, uncomfortably under the deck with her. We laughed as we tried to cram the both of us into the small, cool space, out of the hot sun, “This looked like a god idea from the other side” I joked as we laughed.
She attempted to get past me, to get back out, obvious thinking we would find a better―and bigger―place to hide from the burning sunlight’s heat. I cut in the way of her path, grinning at her.
She looked at me, seeming confused, “what are you--”
I cut her off. I grabbed her, pulling her into my arms, and kissing her passionately. She separated and I heard her whisper quietly in my ear, “I love you”
I laughed, “I love you too, but this is incredibly uncomfortable, lets go”
She laughed, “Thank god” she joked, getting past me this time, and out from under the deck.

[---Nick’s POV---]
“Oh my god it is so much cooler in here” I commented to Kristin, as we walked back into her grandparent’s house. She laughed quietly, closing the door behind her, “Yeah I know”
I sighed, sitting down on the couch, relaxing immediately. I looked out the window next to me and glared slightly at my brother, “Jeeze” I spoke purposely low enough so she wouldn’t hear me, “Get a room…oh wait, you have one” I rolled my eyes. Or at least, I THOUGHT I was quiet enough. Kristin looked at me, “what?”
I immediately looked away from the window back at her and shook my head, “nothing.” I looked over her shoulder at the guitar sitting in the corner.
I looked at it for a moment, before looking back at her, “whose guitar?”
She smiled, “My grandpa’s. He isn’t that good; I swear that thing hasn’t been played in forever…”
I nodded once, standing up and grabbing it, tuning it quietly in the corner, “well…maybe I should play it then”
Her eyes widened, “Yes please do!” She seemed rather excited.
I laughed quietly, “okay well this song’s not great…um I just wrote it last night before I went to bed, its about someone I’ve known for…just a few months…well, I don’t know. That doesn’t really matter…um―anyway, here it goes” I pulled a guitar pick out of my pocket which I always had on me and picked up the guitar, setting it on my lap and beginning.
“♪ She's got a smile, that I die for
Everyone knows that I'm a prisoner of war for her
Yeah

Sometimes I wish I had a kung-fu grip;
Never let her slip away, she'd be my girl
I really wish she knew, what I feel is true
She'd be my doll, and I would be her hero, too

I'm so in love with her.
I don't care who knows that I'm ready to fight, ready to go;
Just like a GI Joe

Sometimes I wish I had a kung-fu grip;
I'd never let her slip away, she'd be my girl
I really wish she knew, what I feel is true
She would be my doll, and I would be her hero, too

Sometimes I wish I had a kung-fu grip;
I'd never let her slip away, she'd be my girl
I really wish she knew, what I feel is true
She would be my doll, and I would be her hero, too
She'd be my doll, and I would be her hero, too
She'd be my doll, and I would be her hero, too ♪” [song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eewWE89FLi4) credit; jonas brothers ]
I paused, not really expecting that much of a reaction from her. I looked at her, shrugging slightly as I set back down the guitar, in its dusty corner of the room. She was still silent, so I chuckled quietly, “what?” I had noticed she was still staring at me as she had been when I was playing.
She shook her head, obviously snapping herself out of it, “Well…I cant believe I just heard that before ANYONE else has” She shook her head, amazed, “it was really good, Nick”
I smiled, “thanks”
I heard laughter, as Joe and Kate walked in, with her hand intertwined tightly with his, “Hey guys” they smiled at us.
I looked at them, mostly Kate, grinning, “Hey…how was your guys’ morning?”
Joe interrupted, “Good, thanks for asking” He snapped.
Kate looked at Kristin and I again now, “How was yours?”
“Good” Kristin leaped off the couch, “Nick played me a new song he wrote, it was really good”
Kate looked at me, grinning, “Well id love to hear it…but, I’m sorry―were going for a walk. Hey…why don’t you guys come with us?” She suggested, obviously feeling bad like she was ignoring us.
I saw Joe glaring me down immediately, and decided to respect his wishes for once. I shook my head, “No that’s fine, we’ll do something by ourselves. You guys have fun”
Joe seemed surprised as he grabbed Kate’s hand again, pulling her with him towards the door.

[Zanessa Fan1]

chapter 28 coming soon ;)

[Cheerleader111]

hahahah i loved both of those chapters :P joe & nick are amusing under
one roof w/kate & they remind me of like...edward & jacob. haha just the way
nick was ilke "you love me too....like a brother" that made me laugh [: sighh
post more katiee, those were amazing[:

[krrristin]

looooved it!
more please please please!
*puppy dog face*

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

ahhh reading!
Missed two chapters,
holy pineapple!

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

awwwwwwwwww it was really good Katizzle,
waiting for more =]

[Zanessa Fan1]

ill post chapter 28 tomarow, i promise ;)

[Cheerleader111]

you're not posting before i leave]]:
sighh oh well, but post lotss while i'm gonee so then i have
loads to read :P

[danadog75]

sooo good! i can't wait for more!

[Zanessa Fan1]

teehee. sorry guys. ive been real busy reading.
i know i broke my promise, but this is inspiring me.

cause this is the writing i try to write like. sooo ya.

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

mhmm...well you better start writing missy!

[Zanessa Fan1]

gahh... im so lazy.
reading her book sorta inspired me but, it also kinda inspired me to quit this.
cause this is too happy all the time and its not good because of that.

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

hahahaha well then,
make a new one!
But you quit that and i kill you.

Ah i want to read that book soo freaking badly,
but i have to finish my gay required reading books first.
Yeah...got a ways to go on those

[Zanessa Fan1]

the thing is...
with it being the jonas brothers, i love them to DEATH so i like writing about them...
but because they are real people with already set-in-stone personalitys
i cant make them do anything i want.
and thats kinda hard to work with, because my storys are
way differnt when they arent jb, its easier and better, because like
jb cant drink or anything, because they would never do that.
so i cant put them in any enviorments like that.
idk. its hard, and thats why i dont like posting, cause it gets boring.

idk though, im thinking over what i should and WILL do.

[Zanessa Fan1]

if its a story with no famous people in it, can it still be grouped under "fan fiction"?

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

yeah of course

[Zanessa Fan1]

ohkay. im abandoning this.
i already started writing me new one. im on the second chapter--i like it.
ill post it later, or tomarow ;)

[YouKnowYouLoveMe]

you better let me know when you post it!
I can't wait to read it!

[Cheerleader111]

...hmphh ]:

[Zanessa Fan1]

sorryyyy.
this was so HARD for me to write.
=/ you wearnt here to protest, so i already started my other one.

[Cheerleader111]

well....since i like pretty muchh any fanfiction you
write, i guess i'm pretty cool with that :P hmphh
but you made me all excited to see what would happen
next gahhh but ohkayy i'll get over it :]